David....extraterrestrial????!!!! BYW, congrats on becoming a monitor. You've earned it!

Misskate, I've been watching my Mom go through the terrible treatments, the loss of swallowing, the PEG, they've done everything they can with a prosthesis so now she has a hard time being understood and writes a lot of things down on dry erase boards. I asked her the other day what she wanted for Christmas and it was heartbreaking to hear her say "a drink of water". Just to be able to sit in a room and socialize with others, even with a glass of water in hand - I didn't realize all the different impacts there were. On Nov. 10 she has another swallow test scheduled. I'm not trying to get my hopes up but I am saying lots of prayers and asking others to do the same. I would LOVE to be able to give my mom a glass of water so, so badly.