Overview

• Thommy Schmelz remains in a medically induced coma at Universitätsklinikum Son Espases as two aggressive fungal infections continue to erode his lung tissue.
• Doctors have restricted treatment to low-dose antifungals to reduce the risk of organ failure, leaving his medical team searching for more effective options.
• Kathrin Schmelz has reached out to specialists at Berlin’s Charité and partnered with RTL and ntv to coordinate any promising treatment ideas.
• Close friends Michael and Susi issued an emotional video appeal urging fans to contact the editors of ’Goodbye Deutschland’, ntv or RTL with any potential therapies.
• The Schmelz family and their supporters are maintaining a 24/7 vigil at the hospital as they confront the growing threat of a lung perforation that could cause fatal bleeding.