I'm sure the book is better than the movie, but this gives a taste of it. When men were men, or, just "that's the way it was" and accepted the risk? Scary stuff. .
update Alex Zanardi has undergone a new surgery, performed by the professionals of the maxillofacial and neurosurgery, aimed at cranio-facial reconstruction and stabilization of the areas affected by the trauma reported following the accident on 19 June. The operation carried out is part of the interventions planned by the multidisciplinary team that takes care of the athlete to allow any continuation of the therapeutic path. "The fractures were complex," explains Professor Paolo Gennaro, director of the UOC Maxillofacial Surgery of the Aou Senese, adding that "this required careful programming that made use of computerized technologies, digital and three-dimensional, made to measure for the patient The complexity of the case was rather singular, even if - concludes Professor Gennaro - it is a type of fracture that we routinely face in our center. After the operation, which lasted about 5 hours, Alex Zanardi was again hospitalized in the intensive care unit where he remains sedated and mechanically ventilated: his conditions remain stable from the cardio-respiratory and metabolic point of view, serious from the.neurological point of view, the prognosis remains confidential.
I cant find anything in english but i believe to have read that Alex is slowly being brought out of the coma
Yes, the good news on most relevant racing sites this morning. https://racer.com/2020/07/16/zanardi-to-be-brought-out-of-induced-coma/ BHW
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/alex-zanardi-transferred-to-rehab-center-after-handbike-crash/ar-BB170p5r?ocid=msedgntp
Back into ICU in Siena after becoming "unstable"..... https://www.yahoo.com/sports/zanardi-back-intensive-care-condition-becomes-unstable-130529905--spt.html
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/zanardi-showing-significant-improvements-crash-134946359--spt.html Showing improvement....
He's got a long way back but if anyone can do it, its Zanardi. Here's wishing him a full and complete recovery as soon as possible.
Last update was the end of September and at that time he was "showing signs of interaction to outside stimuli" meaning acoustical and visual. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.doctors-say-zanardi-showing-signs-of-interaction-as-he-continues-recovery.4iQmkprVpg4Fe7VHVi71Mp.html
Zanardi transferred to the hospital in Padua: "Condition of general stability" Image Unavailable, Please Login Alex Zanardi today was transferred from the San Raffaele hospital to the Padua hospital. Here is the note issued by the Milanese hospital: "The San Raffaele Hospital informs that today Alex Zanardi has been transferred to the hospital in Padua. The patient has reached a physical and neurological condition of general stability that has allowed the transfer to another structure hospital equipped with all the necessary clinical specialties and the consequent approach to the family home ". rehabilitation - "The patient who arrived at San Raffaele on 24 July in conditions of severe neurological and systemic instability - reads the note from San Raffaele -, first underwent a period of intensive resuscitation, then a surgical procedure, first of all to resolve the complications late due to the primary trauma and later due to facial and cranial reconstruction. In the last two months, he was also able to undertake a course of physical and cognitive rehabilitation. The whole hospital wishes Alex and his family a future of progressive clinical improvement " . https://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Vari/21-11-2020/zanardi-trasferito-ospedale-padova-generale-stabilita-3901037070718.shtml
I read the story as well and first wanted to post on here as a sign of good news. And it is in a way. But when you read the details it's really not very encouraging. He is another MS fate, slightly less worse, but...