He's third spacing. fluid build up in the tissue, mostly in the abdomen area but it's starting to spill over into his right arm and even get into his legs. His bloodwork is showing proper levels for liver and kidneys.

My wife used to work in hospital and third spacing seemed to be a common occurance with the elderly during their last days. My biggest fear was that this was specific to end of life. It sounds from everyone's information that it doesn't always precede death. This gives me a bit of hope that we may be able to overcome the problem.