My fiance, and the father of my baby girl recently lost his 3 yr battle with end stage liver disease. He had Hep C which was from working in health care, and a history of alcohol abuse, which he had quit over three yrs ago. The end stage symtoms began with him feeling ill for a few days, and then suddenly vomitting a massive amount of blood. This occurred about 7 or 8 times over the past few years, all with the same warning signs. He would complain of a stomach ache and just want to sleep, then eventually vomit blood. He only had one occurance of rectal bleeding, but it was significant. He had bandings each time and blood transfusions. The past year and a half he began getting acites with his stomach filling up with fluid. The last 6 mo. of hius life it was persistant with no GI blleds but having to have his stomach drained just about twice a month. He was on Nadolol for the bleeding and a low sodiom diet. He was in the process of beinf evaluated for a transplant. He was 46 AND HAD NO OTHER HEALTH ISSUES. hE LOST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEIGHT OVER THE LAST 6 MO. ALL of his muscle tone had depleted. He had just had his throst checked with a scope and it was fine the dr said. He was feeling pretty good the last few days, alert, active, and even cooking and cleaning. Looking forward to the fight ahead. In good sprits, etc. That week he had been off his BP med due to the Dr. failing to call it in. I took the baby out shopping one night. He was fine when I left. Two hours later I came home and he complained his stomach hurt, and asked for a glass of ice water which he drank all the time. Before I could even set the bags down, he was running for the bathroom, where he proceeded to vomit a massive amount of blood. It was like a crime scene. My question is...why no warning signs this time? Is it possible he had a sudden rupture from missing his BP meds? He was alert all the way to the hosp in the ambulance and the dr said he was alert and able to answer questions upon arrival at the er. He went under for the usual procedure and never came out. What was different about this bleed that he was fine this time and not ill for 2 days?? What the hell happened? Was it the BP meds he missed?