August 2nd, my Dad was complaining of bloating and constipation. I took him to Urgent Care. They did an X Ray, blood, and urine test. The X Ray showed he was constipated. The blood and urine results were normal.  Then I took him to a pharmacy and got him Miralax, Dulcolax, and an enema.

4 weeks later on August 30th, he called me again and told me he was still bloated and constipated. I immediately took him into Urgent Care again. The Dr. orders a CT Scan, blood, and urine again. A few hrs later, the Dr comes in and tells us he has the results and they aren’t good. He was trying to explain to me and my Dad his bilirubin (a word I never heard of) levels had surged from his 1st Urgent Care visit. And that there was a large mass on his liver and a small one on his pancreas. And said that it’s possibly cancer.

At that very moment my Dad’s life flashed before my eyes and I started tearing up. I had to leave the room and call my brother. I also didn’t want my Dad to see me cry. I drove my Dad home and he showed no emotions. My brother also said the cancer wasn’t confirmed and not worry yet. 

A few days later, on Wednesday 9/04 he had a follow up with a P. A. who I suggested to get my Dad hospitalized, as now he wasn’t able to hold down food and lost some weight. I then brought my Dad to the hospital that same day and he had an ultrasound that showed he had a lot of fluid in his abdominal cavity. That was the cause of his bloating. They immediately drained the fluid, 3 liters. The following day they did a biopsy on his liver and Friday they did an Endoscopy and found his bile ducts were closed and 2 stents were put in. Sunday, the Oncologist called and told me that he tested positive for stage 4 Cancer and that it was likely Hepatobiliary Cancer. My Dad continued to stay in the hospital for the next 9 days and has since deteriorated and had an additional 3.5 liters drained. He was then released on 9/14 and sent home with meds.

On 9/18 my Dad had a PET Scan and an appt with his primary Dr., who later called to tell us my Dad’s sodium level was low. My bro and I took my Dad to ER. He was dehydrated and had acute kidney failure. He was again hospitalized and also had more fluid drained, 6 liters.

9/20 the Oncologist gave me the results of his PET Scan and told me that the cancer is aggressive and had metastasized. He’s also too weak for chemo I was also told he has weeks, maybe a month. His final diagnosis is Cholangiocarcinoma. A type of Hepatobiliary Cancer. 
This morning I was told he has a few days left. He was finally released today 9/23 and will live out his final days with Hospice Care and family. 

My Dad went from 100 to 0 in a matter of less than 3 weeks and now has days to live. We also found out he has no life insurance, short or long term disability. He lived a quiet life, paycheck to paycheck. Cancer or any illness isn’t free. Please help donate what you can. The donations will help with our traditional Lao Ceremony and any extra will help his medical bills, house bills and any extra will help us cremate him and bring his ashes to Laos. So, he can be buried alongside his family. Anything will help our family. My Dad helped everyone and would give the shirt off his back, even if he didn’t have another shirt for himself. He is a great man and a lot of ppl who’ve come across him would tell you he’s the nicest petite lil’ old man they’d ever met.

I thought I had another 20 years with him and now I’m planning a funeral.