{"id":20635,"date":"2014-01-07T07:31:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T12:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=20635"},"modified":"2014-01-07T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T12:31:12","slug":"relief-as-schumachers-condition-improves-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/relief-as-schumachers-condition-improves-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Relief’ as Schumacher’s condition improves – reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine days into his coma, positive news is finally emerging from the Michael Schumacher camp.<\/p>\n

\"Michael-Schumacher-1\"Multiple authoritative media sources, including major German news agencies and television broadcasters, cited the 45-year-old’s manager Sabine Kehm in reporting that Schumacher’s life is no longer in imminent danger.<\/p>\n

“This is a certain relief,” she is quoted by Spain’s El Mundo.\u00a0 “For the family, the situation is calmer.<\/p>\n

“This is the start of a long, long period, but thankfully less difficult now.<\/p>\n

“The most dangerous moment has passed,” added Kehm.<\/p>\n

The SID news agency, and the major German daily Bild, quoted an unnamed source close to the former Ferrari and Mercedes driver as confirming that there was indeed a “slight improvement” in Schumacher’s condition.<\/p>\n

Bild said it was a dramatic change from the unofficial news on Friday, when the seven time world champion “looked as though he had lost the fight for life”.<\/p>\n

A brain scan on Friday, the newspaper added, was “catastrophic”.<\/p>\n

“His condition is still critical,” Kehm was quoted by Sky Deutschland television, “however it has stabilised over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“The danger to his life is no longer immediate.”<\/p>\n

Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport quoted Kehm as saying the family had “heaved a sigh of relief” early this week.<\/p>\n

And a doctor treating Schumacher, Jean-Francois Payen, was quoted as saying: “While we emphasise that the danger has not yet passed, it is certainly no longer acute.”<\/p>\n

RTL reporter Felix Gorner said: “Sabine Kehm has just told me on the phone that, for the first time, Michael Schumacher is no longer in imminent danger of death.”<\/p>\n

An official statement issued by the treating hospital in Grenoble also sounded more positive than earlier bulletins.<\/p>\n

It said Schumacher’s “clinical state” is now “stable”.\u00a0 “However,” the statement added, “the medical team in charge of his care underlines that they continue to consider Michael’s condition as critical.”<\/p>\n

Later, Schumacher’s manager Kehm played down those reports that had quoted her as saying her boss’ life is no longer in danger.<\/p>\n

“I cannot confirm any expressions that he is no longer in danger,” she said.\u00a0 “I refer you to the statement that was issued by the doctors.”<\/p>\n

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