as some of you know, my dad was recently hospitalized. Hes been constipated and he started to feel pain, so we thought he was having an issue with his intestine, but as it turns out, the pain was coming from a kidney stone
so they gave him some pill that made him flush out his system and he passed it
the mystery remained, why was my dad constipated? flash forward to a couple of days ago
my dad has been getting the runs like crazy. so basically he fasted for a couple of days and drank only water. last night he called me like at 2 in the morning and told me he was shaking. All the stuff that I mentioned, I didn't know at this time. I had to talk to him for about an hour before he told me everything. Hes still a stubborn ass. now yea, he clearly had a low in his electrolytes and I had the foresight to buy some sugarless powerades when I visited him. so I told him to go drink one and try to eat something.
Now my dad's a nurse. for real, an LVN. Sure, hes not at the top of his game, but he knows whats up.
this morning he called me up again and told me that he really thinks something is wrong with his intestine. he doesn't think his runs is a result of the prescription from the hospital, he thinks something is blocking his intestine, whether it be an obstruction or maybe even a twisted intestine, but since hes been fasting, hes only been drinking liquids and hes been diarrheaing it out, never urinating it out, so yea, he thinks theres something wrong since his body is not processing it right. but the CT scans and the xrays from the hospital visit never picked anything up
then he gave me the death talk. Life goes on, death is natural etc. I think hes giving up but.....I can't blame him
my dad is retired, hes been disabled, he doesn't work, he gets a certain amount every month but he doesn't have insurance. On top of that, his doctor quit his practice and started working at a veterans hospital. so hes Doctorless too. AND hes diabetic.
Hes tried Medicaid but no one around there accepts it. Hes aware that people who go through dialysis can qualify for Medicare early, but yea, he doesn't have that. Hes was hoping him having diabetes could help tip the scale there but I think hes given up that idea
The sad thing is, I don't know what to do. I dont' know who to talk to for advice or guidance. No one I know can help me, not even my siblings. I don't know where to go
I don't know to HELP him
PLEASE. What do I do? I'm at the end of my rope here. I'm desperate. What can I do for him?
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