Hi everyone
Thank you all so so so much for the messages of support here. Especially Kew for keeping you all in the loop for me,
I honestly can't tell you how much it means to me and how much it has helped me thru a very long and emotional and terrifying day.
I left the hospital at 5pm and have not heard anything so far this evening so I take that as a good sign.
Nick has held steady since coming out of surgery. They cannot tell what is going on inside his head and they cannot do any more surgery so we are praying the swelling is subsiding. His pupil dilation is better than before surgery which is a good sign.
So we wait out the night and hope that there is no 3am call like we had last night when the consultant told us they were operating to save his life.
I was so afraid this morning that he would die. His 16yr old son has been stoic and a huge comfort to me and his grandparents. His 15yr old daughter went to school and arrived afterwards full of spirit and smiles. To be honest I think she is not processing it all.
T is in bed now and I will try to eat something. I can feel the fear rising and am not sure what, if any, sleep I will get tonight.
If Nick stays steady thru the night they will stop the sedation and start to bring him out of the artificial coma and then we will begin to know what long term damage there may be.
My brother is an amazing man. He runs his own company, he brings his teens up single handed and he would do anything for anyone often at his own expense. T adores her unka nik and has already sussed that he's bluff n bluster and will spoil her rotten.
He is the life and soul of the party and a garralous, somewhat eccentric music and movie buff. He knows something about everything and will tell you all about it given half the chance. He absolutely adores dreadful, dreadful jokes and delights in forcing me to listen to them even tho he knows I hate them.
Please keep praying for him tonight because I am certain it is helping us.
Thanks again I am overwhelmed by your support.
ps: you can swap the Motorhead for Deep Purple or Carly Simon if you like.