19 years old Huh,,, wheww wish I was 19 again,,,

Tell ya 1 thing you'd better do,, and I mean do,, while your father can communicate with you, before he ends up back in the hospital in the future  

You seriously need to sit down with him alone, no phone calls,, nothin,, and let him decide who's gonna be POA - Power of Attorney over his Heatlthcare decisions, Financial decisions, everything, and get it in writing, and make copies !!

You'll definetly need it, when that dreadful comes.

Thankfully my Father went to an Attorney 3 years prior and had all the legal paperwork drawn up to make me his POA / Power of Attorney,, seems nobody will do anything for you without, IF / Should Father / Mother get to the point they can't communicate or and comprehend verbally or in writing,,,

That POA is very very very important now days, hospitals, nursing homes, even the Ambulance if one is needed, nobody want to do anything without that POA, signed, notorized, be sure to make extrea copies too !!

Having the POA sure saved myself and my Father a lotta unnecessary grief and headaches all around !!

just a word of advice,, hope you take it seriously !!

Thanks for the condolences too !!  :)

Jetranger