.. damnit.
There isn't a big enough word, methinks, to describe how you feel. Damnit barely scratches the surface. Some that are closer, aren't board approved.
Spend every possible moment you can with him. Above all, be there for him.
If you believe, pray. If you don't believe, pray anyway. I can not speak for the work of others, nor can I promise, but miracles do happen.
I don't want to sound like a total douche. I don't know you or Yves. But, I will not give up hope for him to pull a magic rabbit out of his butt and make some kind of a recovery. No matter how grim, there is always hope.
My heart is with you. All of you.
Czar "Been there, done that, still sad about it" Mohab
P.S. I think I can safely ask you, from each of us, to give him a big hug from all of us.
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