Off the rails

So confessed my son in an email.

He is supposed to be handing in his final project report and doing his final exams at a top university, but he has been hit by an attack of medical depression.

I am told there is a distinction between medical depression and lazy.

So over the last couple of days Mrs. and I went to visit him to give a hug.  We will fetch him home this Sunday, and after a rest period look to see what the future holds for him.