Last week, she saw the neurologist in Nashville. He has definately diagnosed her with Parkinson's Disease. He changed around some of her medications, put her on a set schedule (7 a.m., 1 p.m., 7 p.m., daily) to take her Parkinson's meds.

Physically, she is doing better. The tremors are still there, but not as bad. She can speak again, although it can still be hard to understand her. She can eat solid food again. However, she still does not have strength to be able to walk. We don't know if this is caused by the Parkinson's or the fact that she lost all of her strength when she was so desperately ill or a combination of the two. She is currently getting physical therapy at home, and she did do much better today. She was also sent home from the hospital with a catheter, which she still has. I'm not sure if she will get rid of it or not, but we want her to, and she wants to.

Emotionally, she isn't doing too well. She says she wants to get better, but then cries because she says she can't. She told me yesterday that she doesn't understand why she's in this condition and that it makes her want to cry. I told her to have a good cry and then get mad. I said that it makes me mad that she's like that and that being mad actually helps me. I told her that being mad would make her not let the disease beat her. She seemed to cheer up some after that. I'm not sure what we can do to help her with the depression, but I really want to. Any advice there?

Thanks so much for all of your earlier help. It's greatly appreciated.