hmm
So my dad's in the hospital. I just got off the phone with my mom, who's been at the hospital with him since 4pm. He went into liver failure.
He went to my sister this morning asking her to take him to the ER. His right elbow was hurting him, swelling, and was turning purple/blue. He was very cold, and started complaining he couldn't feel his legs.
She drove him to Sunnybrook, where all his doctors and medical history is. They got there around 10am, and he was immediately put under testing. They noticed how jaundiced he was, and how disoriented he was. The nurses didn't really believe his answers, so they asked my sister instead. After he was put in the first testings they took her aside and gave her an abuse examination.
After 6 hours of testings, my sister had to leave to pick my brother and me up. She called my mom and she came down to stay with him. The doctors wanted to admit him to the hospital, but he didn't want to stay. They had to forcibly admit him based on my mom's word that he was too drunk to make his own decisions.
I just recently got a call from my mom. My sister dropped me off from work, then went to pick her up from the hospital. He's staying there for at least 72 hours, under guard. The doctors noticed his jaundice and focused on his liver. It's failing, and his blood is unable to clot. His hemoglobin is so low they can't tell if he's bleeding internally or not. His elbow has a skin graft, so it started bleeding first. His alcohol level was 73%. A normal person would fall into a coma at 50%, but he's been a heavy drinker for almost 8 years, so his tolerance is high.
After 72 hours they'll see if there's internal bleeding and how bad his liver is. If it's very bad he'll need a liver transplant. Bleh.
He went to my sister this morning asking her to take him to the ER. His right elbow was hurting him, swelling, and was turning purple/blue. He was very cold, and started complaining he couldn't feel his legs.
She drove him to Sunnybrook, where all his doctors and medical history is. They got there around 10am, and he was immediately put under testing. They noticed how jaundiced he was, and how disoriented he was. The nurses didn't really believe his answers, so they asked my sister instead. After he was put in the first testings they took her aside and gave her an abuse examination.
After 6 hours of testings, my sister had to leave to pick my brother and me up. She called my mom and she came down to stay with him. The doctors wanted to admit him to the hospital, but he didn't want to stay. They had to forcibly admit him based on my mom's word that he was too drunk to make his own decisions.
I just recently got a call from my mom. My sister dropped me off from work, then went to pick her up from the hospital. He's staying there for at least 72 hours, under guard. The doctors noticed his jaundice and focused on his liver. It's failing, and his blood is unable to clot. His hemoglobin is so low they can't tell if he's bleeding internally or not. His elbow has a skin graft, so it started bleeding first. His alcohol level was 73%. A normal person would fall into a coma at 50%, but he's been a heavy drinker for almost 8 years, so his tolerance is high.
After 72 hours they'll see if there's internal bleeding and how bad his liver is. If it's very bad he'll need a liver transplant. Bleh.