Fighting ALS
We all watched and wondered what might be the problem. At first she seemed to have trouble with her potassium level. So she tried medication and bananas. After a while the cramping of her fingers. We begin to notice her tremendous weigh lose. Her weight went down to 67lbs. Without saying we knew that something serious was going on. She continued many doctors visits. Test after test but no results. She seem to eat but continued to lose weigh. Shands couldn't take her, Major hospitals or clinics wouldn't take her without a diagnosis. She could bearly move about until her doctor hospitalized her for more testing. She was then placed in ICU. After maybe a month in the hospital a neuro was called in. He gave us the news ALS and placed her in hospice.
The journey of life with this disease and six months to live was hard. In spite of what was going on her wonderful girls took on the task of caring for their mother.At first she could still walk and bath a little. After a while she begin to walk and lose control of her legs. Her girls continued to care for her by putting in what ever was needed including lifting her into her chair, into the car, bathing and making her smell delightful, and looking beautiful always. More later I will stop now.