is in the hospital. He’s been feeling sick since Thursday, when he started vommiting constantly – his vomit was dark brown/black. My mom & I just thought he had food poisoning or something when he began to slowly recover. I wasn’t home yesterday, and my mom said he was feeling better, but got a little worse during the night. Last night he woke up with a cold sweat and a fever, and there was fresh red blood in his vomit. My mom had to call an ambulance around 2AM to take us to the ER. They admitted him right away, and I was too exhausted to stay awake, so I slept in the van all night.
I woke up this morning around 8AMish and met up with my mom in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and she said he was doing better. It turns out all that dark brown/black vomit he was ejecting was old/digested blood. They hooked him up to a bunch of cords and tubes, one of which was transferring donated blood to replace all that he lost these past few days. Later in the day, they anesthized him and stuck a tube with a camera attatched to it down his throat to see what the problem was. It turns out, he has a bleeding ulcer. The doctor tied it off and my dad’s on his way to recovery.
He’s going to be staying at the hospital for a couple more days to stay under observation. He’s doing a lot better, but damn. That really scared the hell out of me. I’ve been at the hospital since 3AM and I’m still so tired. I’m also going to spend the majority of tomorrow at the hospital.
