 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF. I am so sorry to read your story about your fathers illness and sudden passing. It must be quite a shock to your entire family. I cant imagine how hard it must be to accept when he was doing so well and then died seemingly out of the blue.
Only the doctors truly know what happened. It could be all kinds of small things that just added up to this. Since your father was one to not complain, maybe he had not been feeling good and kept it to himself. One thing that is certain, vomiting blood is not normal. It is even more unusual to hear about the large quantities of blood he threw up. I know a small amount of blood can look like alot when it is mixed with other liquids.
Im very sorry for your loss. May your father rest in peace.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
