Somber start to my day

This wasn't going to my post for today, but as I was writing my other post (which I will now save for later today or tomorrow) one of my brothers called me. His wife was diagnosed with ALS about 2 years ago and she has been getting progressively worse. Just before Christmas she fell and I am not sure if she broke anything at that time, but yesterday she fell again and broke 2 disks in her back. My brother is scared. The doctors are basically telling him this is the beginning of the end. They have 5 kids ranging in ages from 25-12. My brother was telling me that they are probably going to have to have hospice care in the home or possibly put her in a home. The home they own is a 2 level and she hasn't been able to go up or down the stairs for about a year. My SIL is in denial of the whole thing and does not realize how bad she has been getting. My brother said when he talks to her about it she says she doesn't think she is any worse than when they first diagnosed her. She has also become very angry -- outbursts of anger at my brother and the kids. The younger kids are having a hard time understanding that she isn't mad at them and that it is just the disease causing this.

My heart is broken today for their family.