Thought I would give a quick update on this thread. Well, my mom definitely has taken a turn for the worse. This disease does work quickly. Hospice was called in about a week ago and my dad was saying that it wont be too much longer. I am glad that she will be out of pain. She is now completely bed ridden, can barely talk and is having a hard time breathing. She does have the no rescitate order in place. There will be no funeral when she passes. Years ago she decided that when she died that she is to give her body to science. It will go to the local university, they will do whatever they do and then cremate the body and bury her in the same cemetary that my grandpa is buried in.

I am doing pretty good. I am very tight with my mom and have always been. We have always communicated well and she is the one person in this world that can read me like a book. I think the fact that I realize that everyone will die eventually gives me a lot of strength.