French Family Crisis
We telephoned Barney in France about lunchtime; he sounds a bit brighter, but we had to cut our call short, to keep their phone-line clear. It seems that X, his “French father”, went out on his bicycle this morning and didn’t return when expected. Barney told us he’d had a slight accident and had gone to hospital because he’d fainted, but during the call A, his “French mother”, returned from the hospital and told us more. X fell off his bike - A thinks he might have fainted while riding - and banged his head. Apparently he has a fractured skull, and there was quite a lot of bleeding, and he was taken by helicopter to a larger hospital because he urgently needed blood drained from around his brain 
We’ve been thinking of them all day, and will be phoning tomorrow morning. Please send good vibes or whatever you do.
Update at 9 p.m.
X has had surgery which apparently went well, but the doctor does not want to say much about the prognosis yet. X is being kept sedated - induced coma - for 48 hours. A is going to the hospital on Monday. Her mother is visiting (has been there a few days) so at least she doesn’t have to worry about leaving the children. The next 48 hours will be very long for them all.
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That’s awful, will keep them in my thoughts.
how awful. I will keep lots of positive thoughts their way.
hope all geos well.
Thinking of them (and you too) here as well. Hope the news this morning is as good as possible. What a nightmare situation.
That must be a nightmare for them as well as you worrying too. I hope he recovers well.