Michael Schumacher 'out of coma'

[sex]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27868787
F1 champion Michael Schumacher has left hospital in Grenoble and is no longer in a coma, his family says.

The 45-year-old has been transferred to Lausanne university hospital in Switzerland, officials there say.

Schumacher was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December.

His family thanked people who had sent messages of support, saying: "We are sure it helped him."

They also praised the "excellent job" of medical staff at the hospital in Grenoble, in south-east France.

Doctors had kept the seven-time champion in a coma to help reduce swelling in his brain.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Will come as such a relief to his family, 45 is no age to have the lights turned off.

Good news.

[Kardan]

Still don't have much hope for him sadly :(

[Yupt]

I can't imagine how it must feel to wake up and find out you've been in a coma for such a period of time.

[!:random!:!]

hope he recovers :) my dads fav racer unfortunately my dad died 2 years ago at 44 :( but least his racer is recovering :)x

[IzzyUhh]

Brilliant news tbh, I didn't realise that he was actually in a coma for such a long period of time.


& aw sorry to hear that random

[The Don]

glad that he's finally awake, although obviously there's going to be long term problems due to it...

[Phil]

I have closed the thread for a short cool down period. The thread will remain closed until later this evening and all rule breaks will be dealt with as necessary.

It's fantastic news that Michael Schumacher has been released from his coma and we should be celebrating this rather than pointless posting and in some cases, posting disrespectful comments.

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