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Of his death
Oct. 6th, 2015 08:24 amThey don't know what caused it yet.
He had been poorly for 18 months or so, losing appetite, occasionally losing memory. Tests and more tests, MRI scans and whatnot, no results.
At one point way back he had to be sectioned - something about him refusing to eat or something - or maybe he refused to eat when he was sectioned - either way, his supreme powers of pain-in-the-arse-dom were too mighty for the hapless health workers who really do not get paid enough for the kind of sh*t my dad could wreak, and they discharged him within hours.
Still, he was not quite himself. Thursday he was admitted to hospital with a chest infection. He was weak, his legs buckling under him. They ran tests that showed nothing. Friday 2nd the hospital phoned his wife to tell her he was OK and to come pick him up. She couldn't come immediately as she had to get their daughter from college. The hospital then rang back to tell her he had died.
From what I gather, they now have to try to work out what happened before they issue a death certificate. They made some enquiries about asbestos... but at the moment, they are considering the possibility of underlying lung cancer. Looks like a post-mortem will be needed.
He died in a peaceful sleep.
He had been poorly for 18 months or so, losing appetite, occasionally losing memory. Tests and more tests, MRI scans and whatnot, no results.
At one point way back he had to be sectioned - something about him refusing to eat or something - or maybe he refused to eat when he was sectioned - either way, his supreme powers of pain-in-the-arse-dom were too mighty for the hapless health workers who really do not get paid enough for the kind of sh*t my dad could wreak, and they discharged him within hours.
Still, he was not quite himself. Thursday he was admitted to hospital with a chest infection. He was weak, his legs buckling under him. They ran tests that showed nothing. Friday 2nd the hospital phoned his wife to tell her he was OK and to come pick him up. She couldn't come immediately as she had to get their daughter from college. The hospital then rang back to tell her he had died.
From what I gather, they now have to try to work out what happened before they issue a death certificate. They made some enquiries about asbestos... but at the moment, they are considering the possibility of underlying lung cancer. Looks like a post-mortem will be needed.
He died in a peaceful sleep.
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