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Thommy Schmelz Marks New Recovery Milestones: Eating Solid Food and Tube-Free

Family updates point to daily therapy progress with inpatient rehabilitation now under evaluation.

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Overview

  • New photos show the 'Goodbye Deutschland' personality in a wheelchair giving a peace sign as his wife reports he is now free of tubes and needles.
  • He has started eating regular meals rather than purées, with his wife highlighting that solid foods are being tolerated well.
  • Physiotherapy is underway, and he can manage three to four assisted steps from the bed to the wheelchair, according to recent updates.
  • Medical support has been scaled back, including removal of feeding lines and a catheter, and his antibiotic is expected to be discontinued soon.
  • Following weeks in intensive care and a medically induced coma for a severe lung fungal infection with heart complications, he is stable on a general ward and being prepared for rehabilitation in Mallorca.