I'm sorry, Chino. This is really sad, and I don't like hearing about ANYONE suffering.
But the facts are that the doctors sound like hacks. The facts are that doctors have alternatives...and Witnesses are open to alternate methods...just not blood transfusions.
I could go down a HUGE laundry list of alternatives. I personally know of someone who went through a liver transplant (an *extremely* bloody surgery) with NO BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
There were many doctors who refused to do the procedure because he wouldn't accept a blood transfusion. But it's mostly doctors who are living in the dark ages with old school mentalities.
There are volume expanders, blood substitutes, cell savors...etc etc etc.
Non-blood hospitals are starting to pop up all over the country because it is, quite honestly, the wave of the future. Quicker recovery times, no risk of rejection. New research is coming out every day that gives us more and more alternatives that do not require blood during surgery.
Trust me, I'm sure your BIL will find a better doctor who looks forwards instead of backwards. And I'm sure that he is *NOT* just rolling over and dying (in spite of the way a few of you have made it sound). This guy is fighting for his life to find ANY method that doesn't violate his conscience. And I would guess that any of you would do the same.