Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

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My mother died on 5/21/05 and two days before her demise I discovered from a neurologist that she had chronic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Prior to her demise I took care of mother’s needs for 17 years out of the approximate 20 years she suffered. I observed a progressive decline of functional ability.
The last 8 to 9 years of mother’s life she could not talk, walk, situp, roll over, move or use her arms or hands and had a peg tube for feeding. She was completely dependent and...Read the full article