Michael Schumacher, former F1 champion, critical after ski fall

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Michael Schumacher, former F1 champion, critical after ski fall

As Andy Moore reports, fans of the driver have been gathering at the hospital where he is being treated
Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula 1 champion, is in a critical condition after a skiing accident, says the French hospital treating him.

The 44-year-old German suffered serious brain trauma, was in a coma on arrival and underwent a brain operation. He was skiing off-piste with his son in the French Alps on Sunday when the accident occurred.

Schumacher was wearing a helmet when he fell and hit his head against a rock, his manager Sabine Kehm said.

"He suffered a severe head injury with coma on arrival, which required immediate neurosurgical intervention. He remains in a critical situation."

The hospital statement was signed by the facility's neurosurgeon, the professor in charge of its anaesthesia/revival unit, and the hospital's deputy director, reports said. A hospital official declined to give more details and said more information would be given out on Monday, said Reuters news agency.

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Man, that's scary. Let's hope for a good recovery.
 
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Michael Schumacher remains in a medically induced coma six days after a skiing accident in the French Alps. While the racing legend spent his 45th birthday in the hospital, listed in stable but critical condition, racing fans from all over Europe descended upon the clinic in which he lies in Grenoble, France, to pay their respects.

The event was arranged by Ferrari, the manufacturer with which Schumacher is most often associated after winning 72 individual races for the Italian marque between 1996 and 2006. In total, Schumacher won 91 races, stood on the podium 155 times and won seven F1 Driver's Championships over the course of his illustrious 19-year career.


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Doctors fear Michael Schumacher may remain in vegetative state for rest of life

Michael Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since hitting his head while skiing on December 29, and his condition is not improving. Reports from Mirror in the UK have doctors saying that each day in the coma puts Schumacher in danger of never emerging from it. However, they have no intention of bringing Schumacher out of the coma because they fear he could have a brain hemorrhage. The medically induced coma is meant to decrease his brain's need for oxygen so that it is under less stress for recovery.

Neurosurgeons at a medical conference in Hannover, Germany, made Schumacher's condition a topic of discussion during their meeting. They said that medically induced comas beyond eight days are dangerous because there is the possibility of permanent brain damage. If Schumacher comes out of the coma, he could suffer memory loss or be in a permanent vegetative state for the rest of his life.

Schumacher has been in the coma since entering the hospital in Grenoble, France.
Currently, Schumacher is listed in "stable, but critical" by the hospital. His wife, Corinna, his two children and close family are with him at the hospital. A phalanx of fans of the seven-time Formula One World Champion have been waiting outside the French hospital and wishing for any sign of improvement.
 
Doctors Slowly Reducing Michael's Sedation

“Michael’s sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking-up process, which may take long time,” his agent, Sabine Kehm, said in a statement cited by Reuters.

The hospital declined to make any further comments on the driver’s condition. Schumacher has undergone two operations since the accident. The process of reducing sedation may take days or even weeks, depending on the strength of medication used.
 
If you haven't been worrying about the fate of Michael Schumacher, perhaps now is the time to start. Doctors have spent the past two weeks attempting to bring the seven-time Formula One World Champion out of the coma he's been in since a December 29 skiing accident, but attempts to elicit responses to "deliberate stimuli" have been absent. Rather, Schumacher has only displayed reflex twitches.

The report comes from Germany's Bild-Zeitung, which was picked up by Fox Sports, so we'd like to stress that this is not an official update. Schumacher's medical and PR teams have been quiet since the initial announcement that doctors would begin easing the German's sedative levels.

According to the German publication, Schumacher's wife, Corinna, continues to spend her days at the driver's bedside, talking to him. Patients in Schumi's condition have been known to show improvements when being exposed to a continuous, familiar voice. As explained in previous posts, patients that remain in induced comas for too long may never wake up, or if they do, suffer from mental deficits and personality changes.

In other Schumacher-related news, it's been reported that newly retired team principal, Ross Brawn, has been by to visit the stricken F1 driver. Brawn was instrumental in Schumacher's rise to the top of the sport, as team principal for all seven of his championships.
 
Unless the announcement comes from his wife, or his manager, then it's all speculation. I wish people would just leave his family alone.
 
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