Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Until I left for college, my family and I visited my grandmother several times a week. I did not like visiting my grandmother. Seeing her is depressing. My grandmother doesn’t live in her own home anymore. She currently resides in a nursing home. My grandmother is sick, and it is so sad to see her in her present state, when only a few years ago she was full of life, and would take me shopping or to the amusement park. She was such an active person. She went “a mile a minute”, and nothing could stop her, but now, she has slowed and she can’t walk even when she tries her best. I talk to her, and she is slow to respond. She can’t keep her eyes open all of the time, due to her frequent blepharospasms. At first we thought that she was not paying attention, but later, we found that this random closing of the eye was just another part of her disease. She has trouble swallowing food and drink, and my family is debating whether or not she needs a gastrostomy tube. I love m...