My father died last night from cardiopulmonary failure. It seems his last trip into the hospital was indeed the last. He went in for water retention (swollen in a lot of areas), and was admitted into the ICU the next day. From there his kidneys and liver started to fail as they had to put him on dialysis. His eyes and skin started turning yellow and eventually had to tape his eyes shut. The had to regulate his blood pressure with three different medicines. He was unresponsive to external stimulation (voice or physical).

In the end, his heart started failing and there was nothing more they could do for him. We had to prepare for the worse. The worse came and he passed away at 5:40PM yesterday HST. I'll be busy making funeral arrangements and handling his personal affairs during the next several days. My brother is flying in from Belgium to be here. It's going to get hectic.

Anyway, I'll say my Dad has been prolonging his life longer than expected. He's lived a full healthly life and doesn't have any regrets. The one thing I am happy about is that we told him that we were going to have a baby, and he was very happy. That was the last we spent quality time with him, and we're glad we did. At least he knows he will be a grandpa again, and now he's with my mother in heaven waiting to see our newborn in several months.