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Thank you everyone! This is very hard, as you all allready know! We find out soon if he can get the feeding tube. We are putting all of his food in a blender.

The kids are his grandkids and they range from 21 to 1 years old. The older ones understand what is going on, but the younger ones don't. It is like one day Grandad was laughing, talking, riding the 4 wheeler with them and the next he can't walk, talk, eat or hardly even smile.

They are suppose to try to get his feeding tube within the next 2 weeks (if it isn't too late). He does have a bipap machine. He is turning 72 on Friday. We think that he has had ALS for at least 3 years already. He is going down hill very very fast. Thank you for responding!

My loved one has been diagnosed now almost a year, but we really feel that they have had it much much longer. We are now blending their food, they can barely talk and can't walk. We want to talk more to our children and prepare them but don't know how! How much longer can we really expect our...