BOSTON (AP) – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady testified Friday that he watched his mentor, Charlie Weis, move in and out of consciousness after the Notre Dame coach’s gastric bypass surgery.

“At that moment I wasn’t sure what was happening, if that was normal or not normal,” Brady said in Suffolk Superior Court during Weis’ medical malpractice lawsuit against two Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons.

But Charles Ferguson, one of the doctors named in the lawsuit, testified Friday that Weis was receiving “the most superb intensive care that is available in the world” at the time Brady saw him.

Weis, the Patriots former offensive coordinator, claims in the lawsuit that Ferguson and physician Richard Hodin acted negligently by failing to recognize life-threatening internal bleeding and infection after the surgery. He was in the hospital for more than a month and claims he still suffers from nerve damage in his feet.

Weis is seeking unspecified damages. His attorneys rested their case after Brady’s testimony. Ferguson then testified he performed the surgery, and routine postoperative tests showed no problems.

“Weis had a little more incisional pain than normal,” he said under questioning by his lawyer, William Dailey III. “He was breathing easy, his pulse was fine and his urine output was fine.”

That was on Friday, June 14. Ferguson left for the weekend, leaving Hodin in charge of Weis’ care. Hodin performed a second operation Sunday, June 16, to fix the complications. Ferguson said when he returned Monday morning Weis was “critically ill.”

Weis’ lawyers claim Hodin, who is expected to testify Tuesday, should have performed the corrective operation Saturday. But Ferguson defended Hodin’s decision making, saying a CT scan on Saturday did not reveal any problems.

A second operation could have worsened his condition, Ferguson said. Bleeding is common, he said, and “almost always stops on its own.”

Ferguson also told the court Weis insisted on accelerating the pre-op program so he could be ready for the Patriots’ summer camp. Weis had the surgery within two weeks of his first consultation.

“I was concerned he did not go through the normal six-week training session to teach you how to eat and what to eat after the operation,” the doctor said.

Ferguson said after explaining the process, Weis had no follow-up questions.

Ferguson also countered claims by Dr. Alan Wittgrove, an expert witness called by Weis’ lawyers on Thursday.

Wittgrove said Weis continued to get a blood-thinning drug even after internal bleeding was detected, and blamed nerve damage on a lack of thiamin, a vitamin.

But Ferguson said Friday the blood thinner was administered at low doses to prevent a pulmonary embolism and that Weis was getting thiamin through his intravenous feeding tubes.

Brady testified for less than half an hour before about 50 people in a packed courtroom. People without seats were asked to leave, and the crowd that gathered in the hallway was told to quiet down at one point by a court security officer.

Brady, who Weis said earlier in the week was the only member of the Patriots, beside the team doctor, he told about the surgery, testified under questioning by plaintiff’s lawyer Michael Mone about the special relationship the two men had. Brady was a frequent visitor to Weis’ hospital room in the days following his surgery.

“He’s always been an extremely intense person, intense coach. … He expects the best out of everybody and teaches you to be accountable and to be responsible, and that’s kind of what I fed off,” Brady said.

Brady said Weis was in obvious pain and his intense personality was subdued in the weeks following the operation. But under cross examination, he said the old personality eventually returned.

The two remain close “except when he plays Michigan,” Brady said with a laugh. Brady played his college ball at the Notre Dame rival.