One of our's went back and after 2 days, dislocated his knee... Now on crutches and he can't get to the shops or anything. We did the 300 mile round trip last week (despite still being broke from taking him back and getting him a lot of shopping, only days before), tot ake him to a physio appointment and so we knew he understands what's going on and what exercises he has to do. Turned out he was using the crutches 'all wrong' and in danger of dislocating a shoulder... He's been in a lot of pain and will be very slow to heal as he has other problems - but he was determined to stay as term's about to start (he's a 2nd year). He is autistic as well which means he struggles to understand drs etc and of course, appears 'normal' plus is at uni, so everything they were saying was over his head.
I had a few sleepless nights. We bought him another week's worth of food, and his flatmates are brilliant - cooking and shopping for him. His girlfriend is helping with everything else. If he didn't have the flatmates and lovely, lovely girlfriend, I'd definitely have brought him home til start of term (He'd already been at home since May, and wanted to go back as all his friends were back already).
I've now sorted out extra financing for him from the uni to cover the taxis he's going to have to use for a month or so. And offered to online shop for him but he says he can't get down the stairs to let the person in so it's easier for his flatmates to shop for him. I sorted out a GP for him (he can't do the forms and I assumed this had all been done in his first year!)
He was already in hospital and being treated for his fall when he rang. And my husband would lose his job if he took a day off - went through hell to get that day off so we could visit, as it was. So we had to hold on for a few days, because there was no way we could get there. We're now living out of the contents of the freezer for the rest of the month. Worth it just to see him, speak to the physio, and satisfy ourselves his friends are OK with helping him.