Day 12

When Roger and I visited this afternoon the doctor spoke to us about the current situation with Dave. He had been down for another scan this morning which meant he had been slightly sedated again and was on the ventilator to help with his breathing. He has a temperature so they believe he may have an infection in the cerebral fluid round his brain and just after we left they were going to do a lumbar puncture to draw off some of the fluid so that they can grow a culture. They are also concerned that he may have an infection elsewhere. He was going to be put on antibiotics this evening and sedated again. So several steps backwards.

When they do their pain tests there is no response from Dave and we asked if he was in a coma. The doctor says he is in a very deep one so we both came away with heavy hearts. As the doctor said it is Day 12 and the earlier the patient wakes up the better.

However we are hoping for a miracle and having read your comment Paul, although the situation seems to be bleak at the moment we mustn't lose hope. We would all love to see Dave back on his bike again.