Spaw, I can't answer your question. I'm just passing on what Tawmmie told me. But I sense that it is a medically induced coma.
Apparently the big guy had gastric bypass surgery, and this may be related to that.
I told her about the 'Catters' wishing both her and Mike well, and she was glad to hear it.
She doesn't know how to use a computer to see for herself all the get-wells, so unless Tracy or one of their other kids logs on to the 'Cat, we'll just have to wait for Mikey his own bad self to tell us all is well.

Seamus