I am 31, and my father is 52. My father was diagnosed with Hep C many years ago. Has been a drug user for most of his life. He had a heart attack two weeks ago, due to lack of oxygen to his heart and excessive gi bleeding, he has been in ICU for a week, with black tarry stools, bleeding from some form weak veins his body has made for itself due to the blocked entrance into his liver from severe cirrhosis. He was released a few days ago, then had a rough night breathing due to the nearly 40lbs of fluid weight he put on while in the hospital. The ICU did CT scans and ultrasounds, finding tons of clotted arteries and masses in his liver.
He is back in the hospital now, and he's pretty confused which I believe is from the toxins that his liver cannot filter. They are also doing chest x rays to see if there is fluid in his lungs or on his heart. They told him he is not a candidate for the tips procedure because he is a bleed risk - as well as having clotted arteries. So now he sits in the hospital, he is still eating, and they have drained 37lbs of fluids out of his body, but he still has edema, fluid is actually seeping from his arms - his abdomen is huge too. He is now also fully diabetic, in need of insulin.
I live three hours away from him, and don't want him to die alone. I also have 3 small children and a husband, I cannot leave for too many days at a time. I noticed another person saying there father who was not emotional in the past was now weeping often, that is happening now as well.
Unfortunately doctors aren't telling me much. Is it wrong to want them to just tell me the truth? If he is going to die from this, I need to know so I can be there, but cannot leave to sit by his side at this point, for too long at one time. he is in stage 4-5 of hep c, and severe cirrohsis - low bp, shallow breaths - anyone have any advice?
I appreciate your time...