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    Quote Originally Posted by Perdita View Post
    He is getting better and improving all the time now
    Fears were growing in the former race ace’s home country that he will never regain consciousness after his horrific ski accident.

    German magazine Focus reported: “Schumacher could be in a coma for ever.”

    The publication quoted medical experts who say his condition is so grave there is a chance he will not awaken.

    And the respected Bild newspaper said doctors currently have no plans to try to rouse him from his medically-induced coma.

    Ex-Ferrari racer Schuey, 45, has now been unconsciousness for 18 days since smashing his head on a rock while skiing off-piste in the French Alps.

    The coma means that oxygen to his brain is reduced, in theory allowing him to make a speedier recovery.

    But he has not recovered anywhere near enough to be awoken at the hospital in Grenoble, France, leading to reports he might be permanently comatose.

    Patients placed in comas are usually brought out of them before 14 days.

    Doctors gave Schumacher a fresh scan this week.

    Neurosurgeon Andreas Zieger of the University Clinic for neurosurgery in Oldenburg, Germany, said: “There may have been complications.

    “A coma can in theory be maintained for a lifetime.”

    Cologne neurological Professor Gereon Fink fears the long coma indicates serious brain damage.
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    I hope this is not the case. Sad day indeed
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    Papers always report sensational headlines to generate sales.

    Hope he makes a full recovery.


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    Papers always report sensational headlines to generate sales.

    Hope he makes a full recovery.


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    I seen one sick thing on Facebook... video saying Schumacher is dead and in order to see the video, you have to like the page... that is just sick!!!
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    Doctors treating F1 legend Michael Schumacher will be hoping to see eye movements from the stricken race ace as they enter the third week of trying to wake him up.

    Schumacher, 45, has been in a medically-induced coma since smashing his head against a hidden rock during a low-speed ski-run in the French Alps just after Christmas.

    It was decided to try to ease the seven-times world champion out of his unconscious state three weeks ago, by slowly lowering the amount of drugs being used to keep him under, giving his brain time to heal.

    Now the surgeons at the University of Grenoble Hospital where he was airlifted to would be anticipating eye movements and a sense that he comprehends his environment.

    Dr. Luca Regli, head of neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Zurich in Switzerland, said: "This usually takes between two and four weeks.

    "The second step is more complex and longer. The patient slowly begins to recognise his environment and reacts accordingly.

    "This phase can take days, weeks or even months. It is different for every patient with different injuries.

    He added: "In an ideal case the patient attains a minimal awareness and then completely recovers. If this second step is unsuccessful we speak of a waking coma in which the patient opens his eyes but is unaware of his environment.

    "We don't yet know where Schumacher is at. That he has still not regained full consciousness is in proportion to the severity of the trauma.

    "We cannot predict today the duration and the extent of the recovery. Waking up from a coma is different for everyone."

    Earlier this week it was reported that doctors treating the seven-times world champion had broken off the waking-up phase but his management broke a news blackout to insist the process was still being pursued.

    Dr. Regli said: "A drug-induced coma protects the nerve cells. If they are threatened in any way, recovery goes back one step. Brain injury in some patients causes seizures. The brain can recover better with medication and the patient is protected from further attacks."

    Former racing teammate Felipe Massa said he was certain he detected a mouth movement when he visited the father-of-two in hospital.

    And there also had been unconfirmed reports Schumacher, 45, had blinked in the first few hours of turning down the amount of drugs.

    Dr. Regli added: "The duration of the coma state, as well as the recovery phase, are related to the severity of his skull-brain trauma.

    "Still one cannot say, even after two and a half months, there was no chance of further recovery. Hope always remains.

    "The recovery phase is always step by step and you need lots of patience. It is important that the recovery phase is well managed and not rushed too quickly."

    Schumacher's wife Corinna, 44, and his children Gina Marie, 16, and son Mick, 14, are at his bedside for a minimum of eight hours a day, talking to him constantly.

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    Doctors treating Michael Schumacher and other medical experts have told his family that "only a miracle" can save him, sources have claimed.
    The seven-time Formula One world champion suffered serious brain injuries after hitting a rock during a skiing accident in the French Alpine ski resort of Meribel in late December.
    He is being treated in hospital in Grenoble where he has been in an artificially induced coma for a total of 69 days.
    Sources close to his family say the 45-year-old driver's wife Corinna and his brother, Ralf Schumacher, have been consulting brain specialists throughout Europe and have been told that his chances of recovery are minimal.
    The family is said to be concerned that the French doctors treating Schumacher have little hope that he will recover and now assume that he will remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life.

    Experts point out that most artificial comas last for an average of three weeks. Schumacher's management team has insisted that doctors are gradually reducing drug levels to bring the driver out of his artificial coma and that he is currently in a "wake up" phase.
    In a statement released on Friday, Schumacher's management team insisted there had been no change. "Michael is still in a wake up phase, the situation has not altered," said the driver's management team spokeswoman Sabine Kehm
    At the management team's request, the Grenoble hospital treating Schumacher has kept news about his condition to a minimum. However sources close to his family say that the driver's prognosis is bleak. "The family has been told that only a miracle can bring him back now," a senior German journalist reporting on the Schumacher case said. " He is in a bad way but until the family issues a formal statement, we cannot publish anything," he added.
    Another source added: "Doctors have given it to them straight. Miracles sometimes happen but there is little hope that he will come out of this."
    A fortnight ago, Germany's Focus magazine reported that complications had obliged doctors to halt Schumacher's wake up process and that the driver had been put back into a coma. However Schumacher's management team denied the report.
    Coma experts have stressed that the past week should have been crucial for Schumacher's wake up process as doctors would have been hoping for a sign that he was gradually becoming aware of his surroundings.
    However last Sunday, the Schumacher family is reported to have spent Corinna Schumacher's 45th birthday gathered around the comatose driver's hospital bed praying in vain for him to acknowledge their presence.
    Doctors say that the greatest risk facing the driver while he remains in a coma and unable to swallow properly, is the possibility that he will contract pneumonia as a result of his lungs being filled with fluid.
    Should Schumacher manage to emerge from his coma, there appears to be little likelihood that he would be able to live a normal, active life.
    Gary Hartstein, a former Formula One doctor told the German media last week: "The majority of patients who come out of a coma alive after this amount of time suffer severe disabilities."


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    Michael Schumacher has shown moments of consciousness after months in a coma his agent says

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    Michael Schumacher is out of a coma and has left hospital, it has been confirmed.

    The seven-times Formula 1 world drivers' champion suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident on December 29, 2013, and was placed in a medically-induced coma by doctors. He had been receiving treatment at the University Hospital of Grenoble for a number of months.

    Schumacher's spokesperson and manager Sabine Kehm said in a statement on Monday (June 16): "Michael has left the CHU Grenoble to continue his long phase of rehabilitation. He is not in a coma anymore.

    "His family would like to explicitly thank all his treating doctors, nurses and therapists in Grenoble as well as the first aiders at the scene of the accident, who did an excellent job in those first months.

    "The family also wishes to thank all the people who have sent Michael so many good wishes. We are sure it helped him.

    "For the future, we ask for your understanding that his further rehabilitation should take place away from the public eye."

    Schumacher, who drove for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes and set numerous records during his 21-year career in Formula 1, will now continue his recovery at an undisclosed location.

    Kehm stated earlier this spring that the 45-year-old had shown "moments of consciousness and awakening" during his recovery.

    Encouraging news on Michael's condition this morning. We couldn't ask for a better start to the week. #KeepFightingMichael

    — MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) June 16, 2014

    He has received widespread support from across the motor racing community, including an email message from his F1 rival Mika Hakkinen, who encouraged him to "fight hard again, just like we both used to on the track".

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    This is fantastic news.... they are not saying his condition at the moment but people are speculating that he is still in a vegative state and can respond to some things
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