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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 2040269" data-attributes="member: 10177">From what I understand (he was/is in SC and I'm in CA, so my info is at least 3rd hand) he knew he had the flu or pneumonia, but because he was uninsured he had to wait until it got bad enough to go to the ER and not be turned away. So this on top of asthma since childhood, just overwhelmed his body before the medications the hospital had him on could turn it around. Apparently the hospital didn't even realize how bad he was because he wasn't in ICU, he was in a normal private room, where they found him on the floor.The reason I relate this to my nephews mother is she had a growth/sore on her hip for months, a doctor at the hospital where she lived diagnosed it as a staph infection the whole time. I was telling my brother to have her get a second opinion because it sounded like cancer to me. She didn't do it until it had spread throughout her whole body. I suspect that even if she had listened when I found out about it that it had already spread, but it may have still been a winnable fight. The additional 8 months guaranteed the loss.It just makes the loss harder knowing it could have been prevented. Thanks for all the support, it does help.</blockquote>