My voice Professor an African American man age 57 had diabetis and high blood pressure. The Doctor he told me told him he needed to lose 100 lbs. He was a tall big boned man and did not seem like a fat man but I don't know what happened, In August Iheard he collapsed teaching a student. He was in I.C.U. and I went 1 time there to see him and he was on a ventilator. I waited for him to get a room of his own and his wife would let us know how he was progressing. I seen him the last time and he had a big grin and he had ventilator this time in his throat trachea. He understood me and did not seem in coherent. He was discharged from that hospital after 3 months and in the morning his wife said he was ready to start rehabilitation. I received another update 4 hours later and she said "I'm sad to say Derrick had a cardio pulmonary arrest while rehabilitating and they did not know why and he was now in an induced coma and no visitors. I am stunned and he was my friend. FIrst do you think he had a stroke? Dibetis causes all kinds of complications I know that. Why did he colapse at rehab? Why induce a coma? What do you think the prognosis is for Derrick? I also don't know if the ventilator is needed all the time beause I once asked a nurse "oh your going to wean him off that "? She said "yes" well at least we hope too" well I don't know" What do you think happened to my Professor Derrick and do you think he will live?