Terrific news for F1 fans as Michael Schumacher starts to regain consciousness

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

It has been over 100 days since Michael Schumacher suffered a serious head injury in an unfortunate skiing accident in France and the good news about the German’s recovery is coming in small instalments.

In the latest such instance, Schumacher’s manager Sabine Kehm has stated that the 7-time Formula One world champion has been showing “showing small signs of progress“.

Speaking to a German TV station(ARB) on Sunday, Schumacher’s agent said that the family had many reasons to be optimistic after recent developments with Schumacher’s condition.

“There are short moments of consciousness and he is showing small signs of progress,” Kehm said. “There are moments when he is awake and moments when he is conscious, which make us happy and give us great courage.

“Of course I am not a doctor, but medically, there is a distinction between being awake and being conscious, the latter meaning there is an ability to interact with his surroundings. I don’t want to disclose details out of respect for the family, but we have no doubt at all in the abilities of the doctors treating Michael, they are experts in their field.”

Kehm once again requested the media and everyone to be sensitive about the situation and use discretion before commenting about it.

“What upsets the family most is media quoting doctors who are not treating Michael and untruths are constructed from these,” said Kehm, who has been in Grenoble nearly every day since the accident. “It has been a problem when outsiders comment and it means we have to set the record straight, even when we don’t want to.”

Schumacher is being treated at the Grenoble University Hospital ever since a skiing accident at the Meribel Skiing Resort in France on December 29,2013 caused multiple head injuries to the German.

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