14 DAY TRIAL // As time passes, people become more and more pessimistic about the chances for a full recovery in the case of former F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher. But his spokesperson Sabine Kehm is still releasing news and updates about his general state of health in order to reassure his fans.
Most recently, she urged people interested in the issue not to believe everything that got put out in the media, and that Michael's condition was stable. Now, she's saying that the racing driver is showing “small, encouraging signs” on his path to recovery.
However, she points out that Schumacher is still on a very long path to getting well again and she calls it a “fight” for his life after he suffered a skiing accident off-piste in the French Alps, which lead to serious head injuries that have kept him in an artificial coma since.
“We are, and remain confident, Michael will pull through and will wake up,” Kehm reassured fans of the German driver on March 12, but added that “we also know this is the time to be very patient.”
She reminds the public that “Michael has suffered severe injuries. It is very hard to comprehend for all of us that Michael, who had overcome a lot of precarious situations in the past, has been hurt so terribly in such a banal situation.”
Indeed, for many people, including the investigators, it was hard to believe how Michael managed to hit his head so badly when he wasn't skiing that fast and how the injury turned out to be extremely life-theatening.
The spokesperson insists that “It was clear from the start that this will be a long and hard fight for Michael. We are taking this fight on together with the team of doctors, whom we fully trust. The length of the process is not the important part for us,” but she doesn't give out a time frame in which the former champion is said to make his recovery.
This was also a good time to thank those who showed an interest in Schumacher's state of health and who also expressed their support to the family, but urged everyone to respect their wish for privacy in this delicate matter.
“It is heart-warming to see how much sympathy his family is shown and I can say that the family is extremely grateful for it. However, it should not be forgotten that Michael's family is dealing with an extremely intimate and fragile situation,” Kehm pointed out.
Michael Schumacher remains in an artificially induced coma since December 29, 2013 and last month was believed to be seriously ill after suffering from pneumonia contracted in the hospital, which put his health at further risk.