Tim Dowling: I thought my dad would live for ever. I was wrong
Briefly

My dad is in ICU; he has low blood pressure, a probable infection, and may have suffered a mild heart attack … My sister says my father may also have pneumonia. My other sister writes, He is being feisty AF, which I take to mean that he is agitated and ungovernable.
In the US, insurance-sanctioned palliative care is not for lingerers: hours or days is the phrase they keep using. If your prospects are any sunnier than that, you have to pay.
I know he has driven many hours back from his holiday, with three kids in the car, and that he has probably not slept. I know that it is 5 am where he is. I am so ready to absorb his many complaints about his circumstances.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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