A Dark Day

Things have not been so good today.

Mum and I arrived at the hospital just before midday expecting to see Frank recovering in the cardiac ward. However, after two hours of waiting around we spoke to the medical team and there have been some problems.

Frank was doing well and was all set to be moved to a normal ward and then started having breathing difficulties. These difficulties were so severe that the medical staff have had to put him into a medically induced coma in order to stabilise him.

The problem is that they wont know if he will be able to breathe on his own again until they wake him up. His heart is still weak and the coma is in order for the body to completely rest and heal.

The anaesthetist says that complications of this nature happen in about 10% of patients and that when things go wrong they tend to go wrong quickly. The first few hours after the event are critical. Our last update from the hospital was at 2pm CET and it is now past 6pm CET so we're hoping that no news is good news.

We've still not been able to see him as he's still in the intensive care unit. With a bit of luck the medical staff will relax their stance tomorrow and we'll be able to pop our heads around the door.

I will update again as soon as I find anything out...