Most of you don't know that my dad has a condition called COPD, which stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is the name used to describe a number of conditions, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, where people have difficulty breathing because of long-term damage to their lungs. My dad has smoked all his life which has cause his lungs to fail. He did give up when he was diagnosed with COPD three years ago, but over the past year he started smoking again due to him becoming depressed. He has gone from being a man who went to work and had a social life, to someone who can't even walk 10 steps with feeling out of breathe, at the age of 59, so he has become depressed. Last week, he had a hospital appointment but got kept in because his lungs were failing, due to smoke filling his lungs with carbon monoxide. He is now on an oxygen machine to help clear his lungs. He is still in hospital but he looks so much better. He is now being weaned off the oxygen machine but might have to come home with one. 

I think it has shocked us all at how ill my dad actually is. The fact that the doctor had to speak to him about whether to resuscitate him or not if his heart started to fail as well, scared us all. No one wants to lose their dad ever, especially at 19. But he is getting better, moving more due to him having more oxygen, eating more and just looks better. He can lift his arms again and his legs aren't seizing up anymore, since it was lack of oxygen that was making that happen.