Overview

• New photos show the “Goodbye Deutschland” personality without tubes or needles and eating regular meals instead of pureed food.
• He is taking a few steps from the bed to a wheelchair and is working daily with a physiotherapist, according to his wife.
• After more than seven weeks in hospital, he managed a brief outdoor outing in a wheelchair.
• A swallowing reflex test is planned before he can drink normal water, and a rehab stay is being arranged with Hospital General or Sant Joan de Déu under consideration.
• Doctors have not confirmed the source of the rare lung fungus, which earlier caused lung tissue damage and heart problems, though exposure in Brazil is suspected.