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My dad died [VZ3g3LhKELk]
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Overview
Daniel's 64-year-old father died on February 6 following hospital treatment involving life support for flu complications, sepsis, and multi-organ failure after an initial improvement reversed.
The hospital scheduled a post-mortem examination because the cause of death was unknown, delaying the issuance of a death certificate, closure of bank accounts, and funeral arrangements.
Daniel cancelled upcoming travel plans back to Japan to manage hospital and family affairs, but faces uncertainty regarding his wife's situation and returning by the end of March for renewal.
Daniel reflected on his father's health history, including past prostate cancer, reluctance to obtain a flu vaccination, and tendency to downplay severe symptoms.
Daniel copied his father's USB storage drive, uncovering personal emails, travel folders, notes on prostate cancer, and unfinished projects including writings on Brexit and retirement plans.
Daniel recalled past family dynamics and conflicts, contrasting his father's industrious nature with his own pursuits, school experiences, employment, and changes to his YouTube content.
To cope with grief and avoid being alone around his father's possessions, Daniel engaged with visitors and started an early livestream.
Themes
Events surrounding Daniel's hospital visits, his father's final days, and medical interventions
Daniel's father's health history, flu complications, sepsis, and lack of a will or vaccination
Contents of the father's USB storage drive, personal emails, and unfinished retirement projects
Daniel's school experiences, childhood bullying, and career evolution
Past personal conflicts, relationship dynamics, and contrasting interests between Daniel and his father
Administrative aftermath, funeral planning, and family adjustment following the death
Developments
Daniel returned to Japan after Christmas on January 6.
Daniel's father wrote a letter to an MP about Brexit on a computer on January 9, 2019.
Daniel's father collapsed on a Sunday, went to bed, and had a doctor called on Monday afternoon.
Daniel's father died on February 6 after life support machines were switched off.
Daniel's wife went on a solo tour to London, Stonehenge, and Bath on a Sunday while Daniel's father was in the hospital trying to speak.
Daniel copied his father's USB drive onto his computer.
Daniel began an early livestream at 7 AM prior to the scheduled arrival of his sister's boyfriend's family.
Daniel moved from Cornwallis to Swadlins school after his granddad died and the family moved into the granddad's house.
Daniel returned from Japan in 2012 and started a computer science course in college before quitting.
Daniel took a job working night shifts at a petrol station while continuing to make YouTube videos.
Daniel shifted his YouTube channel content around 2017 to focus on personal and explicit topics.
Uncertainties & gaps
The hospital staff did not know the father's exact cause of death.
Daniel questioned whether medical staff were dishonest about his father's condition, made medical errors, or turned off life support prematurely.
The scheduling and timing of the funeral remain undetermined.
The exact scientific mechanism of sepsis is not known to Daniel.
It is uncertain whether people can develop sepsis from a flu vaccine.
It is uncertain whether attending a different school would have prevented Daniel from being bullied during his school years.
Daniel is uncertain whether to address financial matters on the recording.
It is uncertain whether Daniel's father avoided the flu vaccination because he believed it would not work or because he considered himself healthy.
Daniel is unsure about what will happen to his wife or exactly when he will return to Japan.
Daniel momentarily expressed confusion over whether his wife's trip to London was during the current week or on Monday before clarifying it occurred on Sunday.