Dating : Did he ghost me or should I give him space?

Dating : Did he ghost me or should I give him space?

A mutual friend recently gave my number to her friend that she thought would be a good match for me. We talked for a week and it was going pretty good. He invited me over to his place to chill and watch movies. We live in a small town so there isn’t much else to do so I agreed. The date went good except it was a little awkward but we ended up sleeping together anyways. I left that night and we both agreed we had a good time.

We talked for 2 more weeks but he wasn’t as chatty. I went to his place again anyways after 2 weeks and we ended up doing the same thing but this time it felt like he wanted the sex more than hanging out and I was fine with that. We talked for a few days after and said we both said the date went good.

We talked a for little but he left me on read for a few days but I knew he was nervous for a surgery he was having that week so I left him alone. I wished him luck that morning and he answered me after and we talked for a bit about it and he left me on read again for about a week now.

So now I’m just wondering if he’s not talking to me because he’s not interested or he’s just got other things on his mind that are more important like the surgery results? Would it be weird if I asked our mutual friend to send him a text and ask how it’s going with me? Any advice would help as it’s such a weird situation so I don’t know what to do.