A good friend of mine (75 years old) is in the VA hospital with a severe lung problem and I wonder if one of you might be able to help answer some questions.
Here is the story. When he was in the Army he was part of the atomic bomb testing in Nevada. About ten years ago he developed lung cancer from the radio active dust he breathed in (non smoker). Doctors removed the cancer and he has been healthy untill about 2 weeks ago. For 2 weeks he has been in and out of intensive care and can hardly breath. High resperation rate high heart rate and low oxygen saturation. With the positive air pressure mask on forcing oxygen into his lungs he does fine.
Here is the question. It occured to him today that what started all this was trying to siphon gas from a car. About 3 hours after he tried to siphon gas from one of his cars he was in the hospital and has been messed up ever since. He doesnt want to tell the doctors what he did probably because he feels stupid. Do you guys think his treatment might be changed if they knew what happened. If it was up to me I would tell his doctor tomorrow morning but he asked me not to tell so for now I'm respecting his wishes. right now he's doing ok and I have only known for about 4 hours. He trusts me enough to ask me to be his power of attorney and listed as his next of kin.
Thanks for reading. I hope there is a doctor/ lung specialist on this board.