Information and opinions on health from Anna at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/667796/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/667796/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/667796/index http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/667796/66535/normal Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:15:10 -0400 Anna Hi Everyone!  First, I wanted to thank you all for your amazing support.  Your replies to my first post really lifted me up and comforted me!  So, after about two weeks in the hospital mom was able to come back home!  During that time when my mom was hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia, sepsis and impaction, we met with doctors, nurses, social workers and two palliative care doctors who were very real with us and answered... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/667796/66535/normal http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/667796/65016/years Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:19:36 -0400 Anna So, my mom, after being diagnosed in '81 by her eye doctor, is now in the hospital with pneumonia, is impacted and also has a UTI.  She is barely responsive.  I'm just 30, my brother is 27.  He was born the year my mom was diagnosed.  Dad was gone by the time he was three.  We've watched my mom with progressive MS, get worse an worse year by year.  Even with top doctors here in NYC all they could do was try to... http://www.healthcentral.com/multiple-sclerosis/c/667796/65016/years