Glad to hear you are keeping the hobby up despite your recent hardships! Also excited to hear promise from using the stock ECU.
Just a quick question for you. What are you having the AEM do for you? What functions are it controlling/modifying/etc. to the signals for the stock ECM? No need for in depth, that is all your hard work after all, just kinda trying to get the big picture of how your system is working together.