Big Poppa Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/29/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-skiing-f1-motorsport/ (CNN) -- Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula One history, is in critical condition after suffering "severe head trauma" in a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday, hospital officials said.The 44-year-old German, who retired from the elite motorsport for the second and final time in 2012, fell and hit his head on a rock, said the director of the Meribel resort where Schumacher was skiing.Schumacher was in a coma when he arrived at the University Hospital Center of Grenoble and required immediate brain surgery, hospital officials said in a written statement.Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte initially told CNN affiliate BFM TV that the injury "is not very serious" but the station later reported it to be "severe head trauma," citing police.In a phone interview with CNN, Gernignon-Lecomte said the incident happened just after 11 a.m. local time (1000 GMT) while Schumacher was skiing off-piste (on unmarked slopes) in the mountains of Meribel resort between Georges Bauduis Piste and La Biche Piste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Should have stayed in racing where it's safer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOTV8 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Imagine surviving countless laps at the extreme speeds and conditions of Formula 1 in the world's most advanced racecars....to end up Sonny Bono'd...in France! Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2krtaf Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Very sad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extender32 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Yep, that white powdery stuff can be dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Ouch is right... "Bono'd" Dean FTW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksilver98 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Damn.....Top Gear may have to look for another Stig! Any volunteers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 ....Schumacher was skiing off-piste I always heard that skiing piss'ed was not a good thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOTV8 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Took awhile, but there's some good news.... Update: http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24590185/f1-legend-schumacher-transfers-hospitals-is-not-in-coma-anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadC Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Took awhile, but there's some good news.... Update: http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24590185/f1-legend-schumacher-transfers-hospitals-is-not-in-coma-anymore not really the word around the campfire is: if you are in a coma for 5 months, you are not doing well. what is ASSUMED: -the brain had swelling and they trigger a medical (druged) induced coma. then when the swelling has reduced they stop the drugs. (weeks?) -he was in a coma (natural) for 4+ months. -whatever state he is in when waking up ( vegetative, breathing machine, talking, memory, lucid) will be the state he will remain in for the rest of his life. - they are moving him out of his 5 month stay in ICU to a special care facility. It is unlikely he will return to the man he was before the accident. my 2 cts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOTV8 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Took awhile, but there's some good news.... Update: http://www.cbssports.com/general/eye-on-sports/24590185/f1-legend-schumacher-transfers-hospitals-is-not-in-coma-anymore not really the word around the campfire is: if you are in a coma for 5 months, you are not doing well. what is ASSUMED: -the brain had swelling and they trigger a medical (druged) induced coma. then when the swelling has reduced they stop the drugs. (weeks?) -he was in a coma (natural) for 4+ months. -whatever state he is in when waking up ( vegetative, breathing machine, talking, memory, lucid) will be the state he will remain in for the rest of his life. - they are moving him out of his 5 month stay in ICU to a special care facility. It is unlikely he will return to the man he was before the accident. my 2 cts Sadly, it sure sounds like you are right. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/sports/autoracing/michael-schumacher-moved-home-to-continue-rehabilitation.html?_r=0 Sad for him and his family, not that you were correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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