Visited with my brother yesterday.....

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Hello everyone,

As a reminder, my brother was admitted to the hospital several weeks

ago for jaundice. He was diagnosed with cirrhosis with ascites. He

has all of the major and some of the minor symptoms. His wife isn't

giving us much information.

On Easter Sunday, he started vomiting. His doctor was called and he

was advised to go to the ER. He refused. He doesn't have health

insurance.

He called his doctor on Monday, was scheduled for an ultrasound of the

liver and gall bladder Tuesday. He vomited more on Monday and

Tuesday. He said the vomiting stopped. He denies any bleeding.

I went to see him yesterday and I'm still in shock. He's complete

emaciated. He reminds me of how my grandfather looked right before he

died. It's only been 10 days since I saw him when he was in the hospital.

His wife said it's because he's on Lasix, it keeps the fluids out,

making him look bad.

Does anyone here have any experience with emaciation? Since we don't

have much information, I'm getting really worried.

Thanks so much.

Candace