This is some news that we were hoping not to hear, I'm afraid. Frank had an MRI scan earlier this week and as his daughter Susan says:
This is one of the hardest things i have had to write. Went to the hospital yesterday and mum had spoken to one of the doctors just before i got there and there is no other way i can put this my daddy has brain damage, the doctors are giving him 3 months from yesterday to see if there is any change if there is change it will only be a little as far as they know.
Today they are taking dad down to put a permanent line in for the dialysis machine and a food tube into dad's tummy.
At some point they will be moving dad to Hammersmith Hospital as that is where they deal with the dialysis.
There is no more i can say at the moment apart from my daddy is a fighter and he has come this far so i am not giving up on him. I will be by his side and will fight his corner for him.
I hope you do not mind me saying this but i don't need any phone calls at the moment, i just need a little time i will keep you all up-dated on here
Please all take care love and hugs to you all. x
Very upsetting news for his immediate family and his extended cycling family too. I don't have any information about the extent of the brain damage, but it sounds as if the doctors are not very hopeful for major improvement.
It turns out that Frank being awake was probably a bit of a false dawn - he has been opening his eyes from time to time, and it did seem that he has been smiling when people talk to him, but nobody seems certain now whether he was actually awake.
Frank is a very fit 76 year old and this doesn't stop us from hoping that he will beat everyone's expectations. We're all rooting for you Frank.
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