My Sister Eileen

A little over 10 years ago my sister was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Over the years , she has had great difficulty with the prescribed drugs for this disease, changing doses and medications had little effect upon the reality that this disease would progress. This year, she had become more confused than ever and two days before christmas she fell and broke her hip. The hip surgery went well, however now there is very little left to the woman I knew as my sister, and surrogate mom for the first 13 years of my life. Just like that, she slipped away into a nether world of sleep and hallucinations. I fear that she may very well survive in this limbo for some time. My heart does not want to let her go, but to have her linger in this state is so difficult to come to terms with, personally and for all the surviving family members.