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Racing's Michael Schumacher Being Woken From Coma
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January 30, 2014 7:45 AM
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Michael Schumacher in April 2012.
Eugene Hoshiko/AP
The sedation that put race car legend Michael Schumacher into a medically induced coma after he !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is being gradually reduced "to allow the start of the waking up process," the German driver's manager said Thursday.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! the 45-year-old Schumacher "suffered a severe head injury on Dec. 29 when he fell and hit a rock while skiing in the French Alps. Surgeons performed two operations to remove blood clots around his brain since when he has been kept in a coma." The coma was induced to help reduce and control swelling in the brain. Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he crashed.
The process of reducing sedation and bringing Schumacher out of the coma "may take a long time," !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
It's too soon to say too much about Schumacher's post-coma prospects, though experts are expressing concern.
The French newspaper !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that doctors say there have been "encouraging signs" from recent neurological tests.
But !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with "two experts — Professor Gary Hartstein, Formula 1's chief medic between 2005 and 2012, and Mr Colin Shieff,neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London":
"Both Hartstein and Shieff believe it will be difficult for Schumacher to return to the same level of health he had before his accident.
" 'It is extremely unlikely, and I'd honestly say virtually impossible, that the Michael we knew prior to this fall will ever be back,' Hartstein said. ...
"Shieff agreed that outcome was 'extremely unlikely.'
" 'It is generally accepted that the longer a patient is in a reduced state of consciousness, the less likely they are to make a good recovery,' he said. 'It is still possible to regain consciousness, but this is far from certain.' "
McMike
> b33g33
01/30/2014 at 08:28 |
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I have a feeling it's going to be #shumithursday
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puddler
> b33g33
01/30/2014 at 08:50 |
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when they pulled me out of my coma they told everyone i had a 10% chance of survival. i hope he has better odds.