Shane MacGowan is hoping to spend Christmas at home as his wife Victoria Mary has revealed the Pogues rocker has to stay in hospital for two weeks.
The singer – who celebrates his 65th birthday on Christmas Day - is being treated for viral encephalitis — an uncommon and serious condition in which the brain becomes swollen. Just over a week ago he contracted shingles and the infection spread to his eye, leading Victoria to call for help.
“I noticed it on his face. His eye was getting red and began to close over. I called the doctor and the doctor said it was very dangerous so we had to get him to the hospital straight away,” she said.
