Anyway, shortly after that he had to use a wheelchair and until about a month ago could help with transfers by pivoting his right leg. Since then he's gotten progressively worse. Several strange things happened to him starting about 3 1/2 weeks ago which indicated his respiratory system is getting much weaker. I had a long phone conversation with the head neurologist of the ALS team two days ago and she said, based on his symptoms, he doesn't have too much longer to live - she ventured to say could be weeks to a couple of months at the most. We had to adjust his BiPAP settings which is making him feel better but that's all it's doing. The disease is progressing. Until now we've adapted, coped, enjoyed all our time together. Now things are changing and our time together, as a family, had become even more precious but we all have this awful sense of sadness. Bob and our girls don't know the timeline.(Part 2)