Adelaide forward Tom Lynch appears unlikely to return from illness for Friday night's AFL match against Western Bulldogs.
Lynch missed Adelaide's win against Carlton after being hospitalised with viral meningitis last week.
"We just thought he was home sick and then obviously got the news that it was a bit more serious than that," teammate Brodie Smith told reporters on Monday.
"But thankfully he's back home now and hopefully here (the club) during the week and feeling a lot better."
The Crows will be forced into at least one change for the Bulldogs fixture with defender Kyle Hartigan hurting a hamstring.
The extent of Hartigan's injury is unknown but Smith said it appeared serious.
Adelaide retained second spot on the ladder with a gritty 12-point victory against Carlton - the first time the Crows have won this season when scoring fewer than 100 points.
"We didn't get to play our style but were able to grind out the win, which was pleasing," Smith said.
"Teams have looked closely at us after our start. Obviously we were playing really well and top of the ladder so I guess it's natural for teams to look at the way we are playing and try and find our deficiencies.
"And since then teams have really brought their defensive A game and there has been numbers behind the ball, and they have been able to slow us up.
"When teams are doing that, we have got to find another way to win and we did it on the weekend but need to do it more often."
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