The doctor said my ailing mother had roughly 3 years to live.
Yes-- The woman was ailing due to her serious illness and the tragedies of days past.
Example sentence - Her elderly aunt had been ailing for years prior to her hospitalization.
My ailing son was sick last week and looked very pale.
He was sick, ill, under the weather, had an ailment.
He's been ailing for sometime.
Despite his ailing health, his grandfather was usually in good spirits.
ailing as in "my ailing grandmother"
unsound or troubled: a financially ailing corporation.----
That is the correct spelling for "ailing" (sick, ill).
Ailing William = ill will
Liu Ailing was born in 1967.
"Ail" or "ailing" means when someone is ill. In the past, "ailing" also included the frail elderly. Now, most people just use the work "ill" or "sick".