My Dad
Two weeks ago I took my Dad shopping as I always do on Saturdays and he told me he was struggling yet couldn't explain to me what he meant. I took it he was feeling unwell.
That night he phoned me at 8pm (I phone him every night at 9pm) to tell me he was going to bed as he was really tired.
I was concerned because he doesn't normally go to bed until 10pm/10.30pm.
The morning after I couldn't get an answer when I phoned him numerous times so I went up at 11am and he was still in bed. I was petrified thinking he had died in his sleep or something because by this time he had been in bed for 15 hours!
Just as I was opening his door with his keysafe key he came out of the bedroom *phew*
I was so relieved as you can imagine.
We had bloods done and it came back that his potassium level was high so they told him to stop one tablet (he normally takes 1 morning 1 night of this particular med) which he did and they repeated the blood test on Wednesday (yesterday).
Last night he called me at 8pm to tell me the out of hours surgery had rang him to tell him a ambulance was on its way and that it was life threatening!!
I shot up to my dads before ambulance got there and the poor thing was shaking like a leaf, he'd gone into shock.
Anyway it turns out his levels were so high he needed to be hospitalized. They have taken him off another medication and tomorrow morning the blood is to be tested again so I am praying its come down
I can't comtemplate losing my dad and its very scary, I know he is coming to the end of his life (he's 85) but I can't lose him and don't know how I am going to cope when he does pass away and I am petrified.
How do I prepare myself. My mum and sister both died suddenly and it affected me terribly. I have no family left when he passes away.
Thank you for letting me share this, somehow it helps to put it down in writing.