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Dad is dying & no reason why:Tests not "alarming"

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@colleenyoung

@lanaeg, time to appointment differs depending on the urgency of the request and the availability of appointments per department. I think you're right to call and get more details specific to your father's situation.

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I'm going to have my mom call and ask his doctor to do the actual referral. If he can submit his medical results I feel that would be a good first step but he is acting like he doesn't want to do the work, I guess. I'm going to see if there is a way for us to submit them. I'm sitting with him now and he's hungry, eating chili and spaghetti but thinks he sitting down at his farm. He knows he's not, but can't get his mind to stop tricking him. This is the first this has happened. It's awful watching someone you love go through all this agony and no one can help him. Thank you again for your help.

I'm not sure if the email my dad received meant he was being accepted as a patient, but it was an invitation to create an online patient account. The horrible part is my dad had a long day Tuesday and to be short and I can get through it, he ended up in the ER with 86% O2 and his heart suddenly stopped the next night. They did CPR and got a pulse bits he's been in ICU since Wednesday evening and tomorrow they are pushing us to take him off the vent. We are all broken. They are saying his heart is healthy but he had mini strokes in the frontal lobe and "isn't really there"....its been the worst thing we have ever been through especially bc his eyes are open, they move, his legs lift, he yawns but they said his tests show brain slowing. He didn't deserve to be overlooked and brushed aside like he did.