21 Chilling Moments When Gut Feelings Uncovered Shocking Truths Just in Time

I woke my partner and told him something was really off and my dad hadn’t answered his phone which had my anxiety running tenfold at this point. He suggested if he still hadn’t answered the phone in the morning we would drive over and check on him. However, I could not shake this feeling so at 3am my partner and I got in the car and drove 3 hours to my dad’s home.

When we arrived at my dad’s house I walked in to find my dad staring at the wall, grey/yellow in colour, slurring his words and utterly confused about where he was. I immediately phoned an ambulance and he spent the next 4 weeks in hospital with acute kidney failure from undiagnosed end stage liver cirrohsis. I’ll never forgot the Doctor telling me if I had arrived at his home a few hours later I would have been calling an undertaker and not an ambulance.

Due to the sudden and random confusion caused by cirrhosis he genuinely believed the TV remote was his phone hence why he didn’t/couldn’t seek treatment. Kidney failure comes on so rapidly that the two together are fatal within hours so me turning up that morning was crucial to him getting the treatment at the right time.

As I’m typing this my dad is driving over to my house to spend the Christmas here with us and the cirrhosis symptoms remain under control – a happy ending! Sometimes anxiety can be a life saving gift.

Edit: Wow I am humbled by your support and awards – thank you so much! A bit more context for extra feels… I lost my mum and stepdad 6 months before this took place so my dad is my rock and I’m extra grateful for everyday he is healthy and happy. Even though his cirrohsis is not going away we still have time on our side 🙂