This past week has been a really down cycle for Dad. A side effect of the liver treatment is loss of appetite and he has it in full bloom. They are tube feeding him now, but that has its own problems as the nutrition is not going where it’s needed and he’s ballooning with fluid. He’s in a lot of pain and discomfort. They’ve asked mom to talk to Hospice which means he probably has less than 6 months and probably more like weeks.
Reading between the lines a bit they are talking about “next week” and some other time frames that would seem to point to a period around Christmas. If he can make it until after Christmas, I’m going down and use some of my vacation to be with him. If not, I’ll go down before.
