I admitted him the other day, he’s still a bit strong and get up on his feet with littlet assistance until the last night when started to detetiorate physically and neurogolically.
A large mass was found in his brain and the doctors would like to find where it started. Tests were run and revealed that he has adrenocarcinoma in the liver and has metastasized to his brain. An adenocarcinoma is a different type of cancer, it originates from outside of the liver. Adenocarcinoma means a malignant tumor in epithelial tissue, specifically in a gland.
I don’t know if I could ever learn how to hold back my tears in times like this. I was at the bedside when the doctor broke the news to the patient and relatives. They all burst in tears and only a person with no emotion could not be affected.
Last night, he showed no signs of improvement. He is vomiting coffee ground subsstance. We call that hemoptysis. A sign that he is bleeding in the gut which is a sign that the liver is giving up. A nasogastric tube was put in place but he cannot still be fed. He’s complaining of hunger but we cannot him food or fluid by mouth as yet.
Before the midnight strikes, he was moved to medical ICU for close monitoring and we all felt that something bad is waiting to happen.
A few hours after he was moved to ICU, code blue was called there.