An update from Caroline Mercer posted yesterday:

Sorry for the lack of updates, it’s been a long difficult week for us. Steve had 6 hours of surgery on his leg and ankle today which didn’t go as well as hoped due to dirt in the wound however he is booked in for further surgery later this week to finish what they started. It’s the first of many operations on his leg but they’re confident they can mend it. He has been very up and down this last week and just as we think he’s making progress he takes a few steps back but he has managed a few hours today and yesterday without his ventilator so it looks like we’re finally taking a step in the right direction. He’s still having problems with his temperature, which was up to 39 degrees yesterday. The hospital fan was broken and they didn’t have another so I made his first purchase from the very very generous donations we have received and got him a fan which reduced his temperature back down to a much more comfortable 36 degrees. I quite literally can’t thank each and everyone of you enough for your amazing kindness and donations. I have been reading him messages from the just giving page today and he’s overwhelmed. Thank you just doesn’t cover how grateful we are to all of you.