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[peroa]

So, Nikki had a lung transplant and is currently in critical condition.

https://wien.orf.at/...tories/2928056/

[FrontWing]

So, Nikki had a lung transplant and is currently in critical condition.
https://wien.orf.at/...tories/2928056/

He'll pull through, the guy is made of steel.

[SophieB]

I moved this to its own thread. Wishing him all the best and hopefully the recovery from the transplant goes well.

[steferrari]

Forza Niki, you're a lion!

[garoidb]

He'll pull through, the guy is made of steel.

 

I hope he does. He is not an old man. You immediately wonder whether the 1976 accident has anything to do with it.

[FrontWing]

I hope he does. He is not an old man. You immediately wonder whether the 1976 accident has anything to do with it.

Very likely I'd say.

[PayasYouRace]

Hopefully it won’t be the way he goes. Wishing him all the best.

[GoldenColt]

I'm sure it's just an unexpected pitstop. All the best, champ!

[f1paul]

 

If he can pull through this, he can pull through what he's going through now.

 

All the best Niki!     

[Bliman]

I hope he wins this to. I wish him all the best.

[jannyg]

Cmon Niki Lauda get well soon.

A real legend and I don't use that word often

[RacingGreen]

The phrase "legend of the sport" is bandied about a bit too much these days with things like the so called Hall of Fame but Niki is one of the sports all time greats, and his recovery and comeback after his Nürburgring crash was truly heroic. I wish him all the best.

[shonguiz]

 

If he can pull through this, he can pull through what he's going through now.

 

All the best Niki!   

More inspiritional than 1000 Ted/TedX crap.

[f1paul]

 

If he can pull through this, he can pull through what he's going through now.

 

All the best Niki!   

It's a brilliant interview by the way, if you haven't seen this. There's 15 parts or something like that.

[GodHimself]

A truly remarkable human being and an inspiration for many. Long live Niki!

[Dolph]

Have a fast recovery, Niki!

[boillot]

The hero of my childhood, best wishes!

[E1pix]

The world needs you Niki, Get Better, Dammit!

[Gareth]

Get well soon Niki! When you do, I'll take my hat off to you.

[NixxxoN]

He is reported to be extremely bad condition, that doesnt sound well.

[FLB]

He is reported to be extremely bad condition, that doesnt sound well.

Do you have a source ? 

 

EDIT: I've just found one (en francais)

 

https://www.lequipe....lmonaire/927658

 

He's already had the transplant, but his state has apparently deteriorated. He has a pulmonary infection before the opration. He's listed in critical condition, but according to the hospital, the operation was successful.

 

EDIT 2: I've found another article in German. Lebensgefahr = Life in question/danger

 

http://www.oe24.at/o...efahr/343340976

Edited by FLB, 02 August 2018 - 21:33.

[Louis Mr. F1]

Get well Niki, hope to see you soon in the Mercedes garage. 

 

He also had a kidney transplant back in 1997.

[messy]

I think after such a big, big operation you're always going to be pretty critical for a while afterwards,

All the very best to him. F1 still needs him.

[Yoshi]

Get well Niki 

[milestone 11]

Get well soon Niki, I guessed it was a lot more than the dose of flu that was reported. Fifth time around champ.

[Maikel0230]

Damn hope he pulls through. We probably won't see him for a while now. He cannot come into contact with too many people because of the danger of bacteria or virus infections. Wishing you all the best champ.

[l12mcg]

I think after such a big, big operation you're always going to be pretty critical for a while afterwards,

All the very best to him. F1 still needs him.

The fact they were willing to give. lung transplant is a good sign actually... If they thought he was going to die anyway it’s a waste of a good set of lungs, they let him die.

You are totally right anyone no matter who health receiving that kind of operation would be referred to as critical after the event. Because they’ll need a full critical care (ICU) setting for their recovery. It’s the word stable you want to here, critical but stable is the best outcome of such major surgery.

[Coral]

Goodness me. I hope he makes a speedy recovery. Get well soon Niki!

[E1pix]

Let's not get hasty here, as said anyone is listed as critical after what is one massive surgery.

[Synkro89]

Get well soon Niki      we miss you and your red cap . Hope to see you back on the F1 circus soon Champ

[Dr. Austin]

Formula One wouldn't be the same without Lauda. 

[maximilian]

Alles Gute, Niki!  Ich halte dir die Daumen, gute Besserung! 

[teejay]

Would hate to lose two legends of the sport in such a short space of time. 

 

Get well sir. 

[jstrains]

Either way, the patients with transplanted lungs do not live long, only 50% reach 5 years of living but miracles do happen...

[barrykm]

Best Wishes for a successful recovery Niki...

[Collombin]

Either way, the patients with transplanted lungs do not live long, only 50% reach 5 years of living but miracles do happen...

The same is probably true of people burnt in racing cars and crushed by their own tractor, he's beaten the odds before.

[absinthedude]

Forza Niki!

 

Wishing him the very best. 

 

It is quite normal to be in critical condition after receiving a major organ transplant but what does concern me is that we've seen him quite recently and he appeared OK. The BBC report that he was taken ill on holiday with a severe cough, did this come on suddenly? Lauda is not a young man and his body may be compromised by the 1976 accident - although it should be pointed out that he did achieve two further WDC following that including a great fitness regime for his 80s comeback. Hoping he pulls through with the legendary Niki Lauda strength and is back with a dubious quote about Lewis Hamilton's qualifying in Spa.

 

DIdn't he have two kidney transplants? 

Edited by absinthedude, 03 August 2018 - 05:56.

[Pete_f1]

Wow, that's a big opperation.

Get well soon

[blacky]

Get well soon, Niki Lauda.

 

Nevertheless it's a shame that VIP's get a new lung in a few days, while enough others have to wait months or even years.

[Huffer]

Nevertheless it's a shame that VIP's get a new lung in a few days, while enough others have to wait months or even years.

 

You don't actually know that - Niki could have been waiting for a lung for a long time, and now was just the time when a suitable organ appeared with the flu report being nothing more than a cover story. Given that he damaged his lungs in the fire in 1976, I imagine his doctors have been keeping an eye on the conditions of his lungs for some time - and it's more than likely that he started having severe issues such as COPD quite a while back.

 

I can't think of a better place to be treated than the AKH - the medical staff are first class (not that I'm biased towards my friends). 

 

Speedy recovery, Herr Lauda!

[Forghieri]

My very first blurry memory of Formula 1 is the Nürburgring 1976 crash and Niki has always been my childhood hero. As others have observed, he's one of the very few worthy to be called legends. All the best Herr Lauda, hope to see you at the races very soon!

[HermannH]

He will pull through

[A3]

I absoluty love the way he speaks his mind in interviews, doesn't care about what others think of him. 

This is a guy who really has been to hell and back.

 

Get well soon Niki.

Edited by A3, 03 August 2018 - 07:25.

[Forghieri]

Get well soon, Niki Lauda.

 

Nevertheless it's a shame that VIP's get a new lung in a few days, while enough others have to wait months or even years.

 

As far as I know, waiting times of years are common for kidney transplants, not for other organs such as liver or lung. This is partly due to the fact that dialysis can keep patients with non functioning kidneys alive and eligible for transplant for years (whereas patients needing a liver or a lung may not survive until a suitable organ is available), and partly to a higher incidence of chronic disease for kidney than for other organs. In Italy, for instance, as of 31 December 2017 the waiting list for kidney transplant was 6500 people, that for lung transplant only 350 people.

Apparently Lauda also had two kidney transplants in the past, so he may have received preferential treatment then, although this is not so straightforward either, as transplants are strictly regulated in Europe (as they should). He may have received a kidney from a relative, as that increases the likelihood of compatibility.

[thegamer23]

No doubt, he'll have a Monza-Esque recovery!

See you in Spa Niki!

 

Edited by thegamer23, 03 August 2018 - 08:06.

[DeKnyff]

Get well soon, Niki.

 

 

I hope he does. He is not an old man. You immediately wonder whether the 1976 accident has anything to do with it.

Yup, that's what immediately came to my mind. Also, he was a smoker in the past, I don't know if he has quit.

[A3]

Of course his accident has something to do with his lung problems now. They were damage because he inhaled toxic fumes.

 

 

Apparently Lauda also had two kidney transplants in the past, so he may have received preferential treatment then, although this is not so straightforward either, as transplants are strictly regulated in Europe (as they should). He may have received a kidney from a relative, as that increases the likelihood of compatibility.

 

He has got 1 kidney from his brother and the other was from his wife.

Edited by A3, 03 August 2018 - 08:05.

[A3]

In a brief statement, the doctors gave further information: "The transplantation was successfully carried out by Walter Klepetko, head of the Clinical Department of Thoracic Surgery and Konrad Hötzenecker," it says. "We ask for your understanding that the family will not make any public statements and will seek to protect the privacy of the Lauda family."

 

Walter Klepetko is satisfied with the progress

Klepetko himself commented after the procedure: "Everything is going very well at the moment and we are very satisfied," he said. Young patients could usually leave the hospital after two or three weeks, said Klepetko. "In older patients, it takes longer," said the doctor, looking at the 69-year-old Lauda.

 

https://translate.go...-sich--31054272

[blacky]

You don't actually know that - Niki could have been waiting for a lung for a long time, and now was just the time when a suitable organ appeared with the flu report being nothing more than a cover story. 

 

It wasn't a cover story, Lauda flew on his own from Ibiza to Vienna. 

[A3]

It wasn't a cover story, Lauda flew on his own from Ibiza to Vienna. 

 

With a bad case of the flu? Extremely painful that must have been.

 

I suspect the flu story is BS and that he was notified a suitable lung was there for him. So he hopped into his plane and flew to Vienna.