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My brother has HD and is in a nursing home (only 58 yrs old). I go weekly to shave him, manicure, brush his teeth, etc. He went from living alone, driving, shopping, etc to the hospital, and nursing home. He is incontenent, refuses to get out of bed now and just started to refuse to eat. He has dificulty swallowing, movements, etc. My sister and I both go visit him on different days. I can still see my little brother in there somewhere. He is slow to respond to questions. Luckily he never married and had kids to pass the disease on to. We found out he had the disease when we went to a family reunion and found out an uncle had it. Realized that is what is wrong with Paul. (He couldn’t keep a job and was getting depressed about that, found out it was medical reason, not his fault.)
May 2008
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