There had been talk of an improvement , but this afternoon the miracle happened . Forty-eight hours after the tragedy that shocked the sporting world, Yael Trepy woke up .
But for now the French striker, twenty years old, who has been registered with Cagliari for four years , will remain in the intensive care unit of the Santissima Annunziata hospital in Sassari , where on Monday he was admitted in a pharmacological coma, after having – in fact – drowned in the swimming pool of a villa. rented together with ten friends and two teammates for a couple of days in via Vaddi di Jatta in Baja Sardinia.
NEW BULLETIN – The hospital issued a new medical bulletin at 6:45 PM: "During the day, as planned, neuromuscular blockade was suspended and sedation was gradually reduced, with the simultaneous initiation of a gradual reduction in ventilatory support."
"Maintaining optimal respiratory exchanges allowed us to discontinue mechanical ventilation and proceed with the patient's extubation in the afternoon," stated Dr. Stefania Milia, director of the Emergency Intensive Care Unit. Trepy "has shown a full recovery of consciousness: he is alert and cooperative, and currently has no obvious neurological deficits. His respiratory and hemodynamic status are stable."
Among the first to celebrate the positive update on Trepy's condition was President Tommaso Giulini . "There are days that seem never-ending. Then news arrives and changes everything," he said. "The news we wanted just arrived. One step at a time, Yael, all together."