Vicki, glad to hear that the news, while not great, is more in line with what you were hoping to hear. A positive attitude can only help and I know that isn't easy when you're hurting.
Me: dialed the vise on my mill in to within +/- .001" only to figure out that I almost certainly need a larger one. Crap, that is not going to be cheap. I need at least 4" of throat and the current model has ~3.5" which may do for now but not in the long run.