John Vyvan Vickers has a spell in hospital
Vyvyan hasn't been feeling well, and went to his GP who diagnosed flu. We were concerned; I went round on Friday and found him collapsed on the floor at home, conscious but confused. The ambulance crew arrived (4 of them!) and we went with all guns blazing to the Hammersmith Hospital.
They efficiently tested everything, and it was clear he had a massive infection. He was admitted and put on intravenous antibiotics and a saline drip.
On Saturday the concern was that it could be meningitis, but they couldn't complete a lumbar puncture.
On Sunday the cardiologist made the diagnosis of endocarditis. This is basically an infection of a heart valve. He also had an MRI at the Charing Cross; because he had back and neck pain and they wanted to check whether bits of the infection had floated off and lodged elsewhere.
On Monday it was decided that they need to operate to replace the mitral valve in his heart because the infection is being spread to other parts of his body.
Today is Tuesday. Roger was the visitor today as Rolls and I were elsewhere. Their preparations for the surgery tomorrow morning (0800 we think) included an angiogram.
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