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My Mom is dying

she had a seizure and in the hospital for 10 days. Now she is in a rehab center and lost down to 82 pounds. She is having involuntary muscle movement of the head, neck and shoulders. I think the movement is indicative of brain deterioration. The center is focusing on feedings and pain control. She is on morphine, fentanyl path and klonipan as well as Dilantin. She still twitches.  I am thinking about calling Hospice. does she have a chance of recovering??? I don't want to be the voice of gloom in the family but I want to know when to take off work and spend more time with her. She is still coherent - just has short term memory disorder.
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She was initially diagnosed with severe dehydration but then they found evidence of a stroke from the brain scan. They also said she had dementia and brain shrinkage. Mom had just started showing signs of memory loss prior to the seizure. Think there must have been some issues in the brain that were undetected prior to this. A lot of info that I cannot connect as one diagnosis.
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I am so sorry!  What is your mom's diagnosis?  
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