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When my mother could no longer drink from a straw I bought her sippy cups. She liked them and they worked great.

It is hard for any of us to give you the advice you are looking for. Not everyone can stand to see there loved one every day or even once or twice a week battling this horrible disease. I was with my mother till the end, yes there were days where I would just stand outside her front door and cry...

My mother passed away after 15 months of diagnosis and there will be many days when it is hard to keep positive thoughts. I am 44 yo male and every day I tried to visit her, some days I would sit in the driveway and cry in my car before I would go inside just so I could appear to her that I was...

Hi my mother had the same issue she would always drink ice tea or ensure with a straw but it got to a point where she could no longer do it. So I went out and got her sippy cups that children use. The tea came out of the cup good but i needed to make the holes in the cup bigger for her to be...

My Mother past away from ALS on January 10th. She last left her house to go to church with me around September. I used a garbage bag a few times and this made it very easy for the both of us. Just place the bag on the seat let her sit down on it with her feet either still on the ground or one...

Hospice can help medicare will pick up the charges. also contact the department of aging they can help as well, here in Pennsylvania we filed a PDFA waiver I believe thats what it was called. They will come in and do a health and financial evaluation and if she meets the needs the state will...

Sorry to hear about your mother. I lost mine on the 10th. Hang in there brother.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. It has been a long 4 days your words of encouragement have been very helpful.

Hello I just wanted to let all of you know that after her 2 year battle of this horrible disease her time has come this morning at 1:30. I was there with her as she took her last breathes. It was a terrible thing to see. Her breathing was very fast and her tempeture was very high. Then with no...

Thank you Helen I was there today with my brother and step father. She is still at her home. She is not to responsive she is able to squeeze my hand when I tell her I love her. It is a struggle but I will get through it. She hasn't ate anything for days only only will drink fluid. She is...

Hello I am very much in the same situation as you but my mom is still at home. She has bad shoulder and leg pain and when I go see her almost every day she is out of it as well. Sometimes I am unsure if its because all the pain Meds or she is close to end of life. Hospice did not really say how...

Thank you everyone for the prayers, I spent about 2 hours with her yesterday and was able to get 1 Ensure in her by means of a kid sippy cup. Yes helenl she has been on hospice since august this was the best thing we could of done.

Amy my mom is 67 she takes Nuedexta as well. Our situation is so much alike. She is still at home with her husband my step father and he is 82 years old he is still her primary caregiver. But he is in no shape to be. Hospice was something that we looked into back in May or June it is great the...

Hello Amy everything that you are going through I am also as per my post from yesterday,Worst Christmas Ever. My Mothers breathing is also very bad I can hear that same sound as you described hearing. The Hospice nurses and my father have been tilting her bed up all day and night as you have...

Going to see my mom yesterday was by far the hardest thing my family had to do. when I walked in and saw her in her hospital bed she hardly even acknowledged us as she started to cry. Then we all cried as my daughter gave her a Christmas animated snowman which sang to her. Mom tried to push the...