homelessness, but it was only after he got affordable housing in 2017 with the help of the Ontario Disability Support Program that his biggest challenge became apparent.“I was across the street with friends, I went to my knees and I puked blood about five feet.
There were huge blood clots in it,” Evans said. Doctors diagnosed Evans with end-stage liver disease. It was unclear how long he would live.
Palliative care program for Calgary’s homeless at risk of shutting down “They said a year to two years,” Evans said. “Then they said, ‘Do you realize that in the past five months you have also had two heart attacks?’”Doctors said part of the challenge in treating Jimmy was that he started missing appointments.