May 29, 2011
My father continues to maintain life, though he has been unconscious and without sustenance for over a week (and with almost no sustenance for the week preceding... see update 5). There are very definite signs that his condition is worsening, however. His eyes are sunken, his ear lobes curled from dehydration. His hands are swollen, and his body is having trouble regulating temperature.
A doctor examined him yesterday morning and, at that time, indicated that she thought it likely that he would pass yesterday or today, though she admitted that her prediction was in spite of the fact that his skin tone, blood pressure, and respiration still seemed healthy. The thinking was/is that eventually the dehydration will force a systemic crash, and he will be gone soon thereafter. (That is my non-medically trained interpretation of the doctor's opinion, which I received, second hand, from my mother, but I think the point is that it seems likely that he will be gone soon.)
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