could very well be wrong end of stick, my dad was similar about 6 yrs ago
He had fallen down stairs and broken some ribs, upshot was his health wasnt very good anyway and he was put in the ICU at warrington. He also had to be sedated and put on a ventilator he needed this to save his life. After a good few days when he had made some improvements/body got stronger etc we had to make the decision to wean him off the ventialtor to see if his body could take over the normal function again.
Hopefully this is what the hospital means and everything turns out okay
