For My Dad

Hi! Last Sunday my dad go the hiccups and he still has them its been 1 week. He has gone to the doctor and they gave him some medicne but it just puts him to sleep and he still has them when he is sleeping. They are the kinds that hurt too. He is getting out of breath and the other day he went to the ER and they gave him something but nothing seems to be working. They (ER)said its his diaphram that is out of wack and he could hardly talk and