Michael Schumacher Suffers Serious Head Injury

Fingers crossed! Great news, hope it all goes well.

Great news, lets hope its all positive from here.

Not heard anything in awhile. The last I read was that the wake up process could take anywhere from days to weeks.

Plenty of rumors in the media that he contracted pneumonia. The family released a statement today, they strongly believe he'll recover.

“Michael’s family would like to again express their sincere thanks for the continuous sympathy coming from all over the world. The good wishes they receive help the family and, we are convinced they also help Michael, who still is in a waking up process.

“As often in such situation, no day is like the next. The family is thankful for one’s understanding that they would not wish to disclose medical details in order to protect Michael’s privacy. As assured from the beginning we will continue to communicate any decisive new information on Michael’s health state. We are aware that the wake up phase can take a long time.

“The family continues to strongly believe in Michael’s recovery and place all their trust in the doctors’, nurses’ and nursing auxiliaries’ team. The important thing is not the speed of the recovery but that Michael’s heal process progresses in a continuous and controlled way."

I believe he will survive alright but its the level of life he will have, that has me worried.

Felipe Massa has spoken about a visit he made to Michael Schumacher in hospital in Grenoble.

Schumacher remains in a coma following his skiing accident in late December, with doctors reducing his sedation in an attempt to wake him. Massa revealed that he had visited Schumacher ahead of the second test in Bahrain and that he is hopeful that his former Ferrari team-mate will make a good recovery.

“I always try to be optimistic,” Massa said. “I saw him, I talked to him, I was telling him everything I did in Jerez – about my car, the new team and everything – I was telling him to wake up many times… I'm positive. I think we need to believe. He's a very strong man, a very great man and I really hope he can wake up and I really hope he can enjoy his life again.

“It's always very difficult to say because I have zero experience about what the doctors say. I saw him and I was very happy to be together with him for a very long time, talking to him and trying to give the best energy and just help him.”

Asked how Schumacher looked when he visited, Massa said he took hope from what he saw but stressed he couldn't give any predictions or updates on his condition.

“He's sleeping and I was very positive because he was normal. He looks normal and he also gave some reactions with the mouth and everything. So it's positive to look at him. But I have no experience to say anything. I'm not a doctor. But when I saw him, for me, it looked very positive.” ( Source is crash.net motor racing website )

stevenmu wrote: »

Some very strong words there. I wouldn't agree with his use of the words "shameful" and "arrogant", I think that's being very harsh on his family who are in a very difficult and painful situation.

But with that said, it would be nice to get more news and details. I know I'm quite emotional about the situation, far more so than I would have thought I would be for someone I have never actually met, and I suspect many others are too

Same here. I'm very surprised at the tone of the article from Gary. It's borderline accusatory, which given the circumstances, is very unfair. It may very well be the case that Michael's family are preparing for the worst, in which case the last thing they need is to create another media circus by announcing the treatment is not working. Of course, I'm still hoping for a positive outcome. However, as somebody mentioned in the comments to Mr Hartstein's article, if the family did indeed have any good news to share, I'm pretty sure they would report it. Let's keep the fingers crossed.