I m concerned about my mother s health. She is 95 years old, and frail. She has heart diseases, which are well controlled,and her vital sighs are normal. She has had a history of urinary tract infections, but I don t think she has one now, because her urine doesn t smell, and it s almost clear. She was a little constipated, but she had a bowel movement this morning. In the past, once in a while she would feel too weak to get out of bed in the morning. That weakness usually passes. Three days ago, she was too weak to get up, and she has been mostly sleeping since then, although, with lots of help, she can get up. Her overall weakness is demonstrated by the fact that she can hardly stand, even with her walker. Her balance is gone, and helen r muscles shake when she tries to stand on her own. She still has an appetite, though diminished. She is alert, and, although she has dementia, she is not delirious. (In the past, during urinary tract infections, she was delirious.) I called her doctor, and he prescribed clinamyacin (spelling?) to treat a possible urinary tract infection. Could she be dehydrated? Is she getting ready to die? She was at her doctor s last week, and everything was fine. I don t know whether to take her to the doctor s again or to the hospital. I m afraid she may be going downhill fast!