It is being reported that he has been moved to another hospital, the University Hospital of Lausanne, in Switzerland.
Pretty much how I have felt these last few transfer windows.Fantastic news.
It must to so strange to go Skiing one December morning, hit your head and wake up in June.
Quoted this post by gormless so that's it's not lost at the bottom of the previous page.As my mom always said, “You make your bed, you gotta sleep in it”. So even though I was sure I’d written my last post having anything to do directly with the Michael Schumacher tragedy, I just want to answer the hundreds of questions I’ve already gotten as to the import of todays statement.
1) It is obviously good news that Michael has left the hospital. Because of the length of time since Michael’s injury, and of the specific role of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in supporting and monitoring the function of the body’s major systems, it’s almost certain that Michael has not simply been discharged from the ICU to a rehab, without having “transitioned” by a stay on the regular wards. I have never seen a head injury patient with a 5 month ICU admission be transferred directly to a rehab facility . . . but anything’s possible.
Remember that there are lots of rehab facilities that can handle ventilated patients, so this transfer also says nothing about whether or not Michael is breathing spontaneously.
2) The moment Sabine announced that Michael had moments of eye opening, we knew he was no longer in a coma. BY DEFINITION. Coma = no consciousness, no eye opening. Open your eyes but unconscious, it’s a vegetative state. Add fluctuating signs of interaction with the environment, it’s a minimally conscious state.
So what does that mean? Sabine is a professional. At the beginning of April, she told us Michael had moments of awakening AND of consciousness. Once again, by saying this, she told us in almost clinically perfect language that Michael was no longer in a coma. She used two terms that only specialists actually distinguish; for laymen being awakeand being conscious are the same thing. This language, then, clearly was used based on discussions with Michael’s care team, and reflected a highly accurate description of his minimally conscious state.
Now, we’re told, with what appears to be a bit of a triumphal air, that Michael is no longer in a coma. As stated above, THIS IS NOT NEWS. I cannot help but think that this is a highly cynical use of language, using the truth to convey an impression that is almost certainly false. I cannot but think that if Michael had emerged AT ALL from the minimally conscious state that Sabine so accurately described in April, we’d be told that Michael is leaving for rehab, that he is having problems expressing himself and will work hard to get better. Or that he’s having to learn to walk,read, write, etc all over again. But no, we’re told what we already know, and pretty much told to not ever expect further updates. Kinda like what I was thinking.
This all leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. And a huge space of sadness for Michael’s family, and for you, his fans.
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Sadly I'm not sure this has happened.Fantastic news.
It must to so strange to go Skiing one December morning, hit your head and wake up in June.
Hard to know because(rightfully so)it's been very private. The only people who will know are close family and the doctors but it does seems to be positive that their talking about some sort of rehabIt suggests to me that there's nothing they can do for him at that hospital...after six months in a coma, they're not going to suddenly discharge him in the normal sense of the word, i.e. fully compus mentus and just in need of rehab.
It's all much too sudden for us to be over-optimistic. Or even optimistic.
I don't know whether it's a no news because no progress thing or just because the family have chosen to keep things private - if the latter then fair play to them and they've been doing a great job in doing so. I don't recall anyone ever stating in no uncertain terms that he had properly awoke from his coma though, the terms used have been quite wishy washy. It's tempting to speculate but probably not appropriate.No, they've tried to get him out of the coma a few weeks, I think, after the accident. It took a while but he eventually woke up according to their announcement - though much like everything else with Scumacher, it says very little about his actual condition.
Here's hoping though.
True. I had a look and the announcement a few weeks ago said he 'is no longer in coma'. That leaves a lot unknown but even if they've written 'fully awake' it wouldn't be much different. The fact he's been released might not mean all that much in terms of the way he functions because his family would have money to get everything sorted comfortably home.I don't know whether it's a no news because no progress thing or just because the family have chosen to keep things private - if the latter then fair play to them and they've been doing a great job in doing so. I don't recall anyone ever stating in no uncertain terms that he had properly awoke from his coma though, the terms used have been quite wishy washy. It's tempting to speculate but probably not appropriate.
I hope so, it would be terrible if he ended up a vegetable.i have red somewhere that his agent said that he is able to communicate with his wife
Apparently someone was arrested and he later hanged himself in his cell.Someone has stolen his medical documents from hospital and has put them up for sale to the media. Hopefully media show some morals, and turn the cnut in. Pretty fecking low
Communication can mean a lot of things. It could mean blinking. The selective things that have and haven't been said only seem like negatives to me, but again it could just be about privacy over anything else.I hope so, it would be terrible if he ended up a vegetable.
Agreed. You suspect any improvement is very slight and the chances of a full recovery must now be virtually nil.Communication can mean a lot of things. It could mean blinking. The selective things that have and haven't been said only seem like negatives to me,
I didn't want to say it but you really do have to wonder if (he's capable of it for a start) he's having similar thoughts. I'm sure given the option pre accident it would have been a clear choice.I'm not sure that the report means that he isn't almost like that. Paraplegic, can't speak and has "memory problems" doesn't sound good especially as I suspect that memory problems mean a bit more than forgetting which shelf the mayonnaise is on in the fridge. If that were me I suspect I'd prefer to have died.
“I have news and unfortunately it is not good,” Montezemolo told reporters without giving any further details.
I agree. Any news on his condition should be left to be said by his family or his agent if they wish to divulge.This could be just me, but such news (if true) shouldn't be dangled from a hook like some juicy piece of gossip, or whispered behind one's hand.
Better that he kept quiet IMO.
I completely agree, it makes the guy seem like he's trying to be impressive because he knows something that others don't.This could be just me, but such news (if true) shouldn't be dangled from a hook like some juicy piece of gossip, or whispered behind one's hand.
Better that he kept quiet IMO.
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