Victim of a terrible fall during the arrival of the 1st stage of the Tour of Poland on August 5, Fabio Jakobsen is getting better. Returned home after coming out of the artificial coma he was plunged into given the extreme severity of his injuries that required five hours of head surgery, last week the Dutch champion published a letter via his Deceuninck-Quick Step team in which he gives his news.
“Step by step I can slowly look to the future”
Dutch Champion @FabioJakobsen has a message for all those who sent him their support in the past couple of weeks: https://t.co/2wfynLrwk0#ForzaFabio #TheWolfpackNeverGivesUp pic.twitter .com / ENx8593r01
“The doctors and nurses at the finish line saved my life, I am extremely grateful to them,” he begins by greeting. I spent a week in an intensive care unit, it was a very difficult time, during which I was afraid of not surviving. Thank you to the organization of the race, to my team, to my family, for giving me strength. "
Many upcoming operations
Then transferred to Leiden (the Netherlands), he was able to start his long rehabilitation. “Step by step, I can start to live more independently,” he says. I am currently at home, resting and in the coming weeks I will have to undergo a lot of surgeries and treatments for my facial injuries. "
The 23-year-old runner ends with a message of hope. “I want everyone to know how grateful I am to be alive. All the messages and the little words of support gave me extraordinary strength. I can start looking to the future, and I will fight to recover, ”he says.
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