Mom forwarded me an email she received from my cousin in reagrds to my Uncle. Below is a rough translation of the original German into English.

[I was with father today, who was transferred to a specialty hospital on Friday and was operated on immediately operated.

He had an intestine break-through that ignited his whole abdominal cavity.

His large intestine was removed, for it was swollen and strongly ignited. This inflammation poisoned his whole body!!!!

Unfortunately, the physician that operated on him says he has hardly a chance to survive.

We must expect the worst and I twitch when the telephone rings.

We can only hope father is strong and can fight.]

I am not going to give up hope.