As you may have guessed, this photo of Robbie Williams is here because the daughter of Elisabeth Fritzl, Kerstin has reunited with her family and would be keen to go to a Robbie Williams concert. I just hope that Robbie could bring happiness to this family by just inviting them to any of his concerts.
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Josef Fritzl’s oldest child reunited with family – and keen to go to a Robbie Williams concert
Doctors treating the Fritzl family have described the “emotional reunion” as well as the dramatic moment when Kerstin, 19, awoke after spending over a month in coma. She is now living together with her mother Elisabeth, 42 and the six surviving siblings, as well as her grandmother and Fritzl’s wife Rosemarie, 68, in a new apartment made available by the hospital they are being treated in.
Kerstin, 19, is the first of seven children that Fritzl, 73, fathered with his own daughter Elisabeth as he kept her captive in a purpose-built dungeon beneath his house in the town of Amstetten for more than 24 years, sexually abusing her for the whole time.
One of the children, a baby boy called Michael, died after birth, leading Fritzl to burn his body in an incinerator. The case only came to light when Kerstin had to be taken to a hospital on April 19, doctors putting her into an artificial coma following a multiple organ failure caused by an unknown illness.
“She opened her eyes for the first time at 9am on May 15 and slowly started showing signs of emotional reaction. We smiled at her and she smiled back. Later I said “hi” to her and she replied with a “hallo”. It was an intensely dramatic moment,” Dr Albert Reiter, who has been in charge of Kerstin’s treatment, told a press conference.
“I am especially proud that Kerstin could walk the distance to her new residence and into her new life, “Dr Reiter said.
Kerstin saw daylight for the first time in her life after she awoke in the intensive care ward of the Amstetten Regional Hospital. According to Dr Reiter, the first wish she made to her carers was to go on a boat trip – and to visit a Robbie Williams concert. “Even immediately after she awoke she would listen to Robbie Williams until 3am. I then would have to intervene, for her to turn down the music and get some rest, “Dr Reiter said. According to him, Kerstin is able to read and write, communicates easily and is on the road to a full recovery.
Kerstin’s mother Elisabeth visited her daughter regularly in hospital but had to be transported in utmost secrecy in order to avoid the attention of the international press. Doctors also insisted on her presence for therapeutic reasons, and claim that her presence alongside Kerstin immediately after she woke had had an “immensely positive effect”.
Cristoph Herbs, the lawyer who represents the Fritzls, described the successful family reunion as “miracle” and thanked the medical team for their achievement. He said: “It was a truly touching and happy moment. It was everyone’s – and especially Kerstin’s – great wish to be reunited. It was a miracle.”
Since their reunion, the family have lived in a new residence provided by the Amstetten Psychiatric Clinic where they are being treated. They are undergoing psychiatric counselling and family therapy, while the children are receiving private tuition. Kerstin will now be given a series of vaccinations to boost her feeble immune system and, depending on her wish, she could also be given counselling after preliminary medical treatment. She is currently suffering from so-called Bed Rest Syndrome, a fatigue of the nerves and the muscles flowing a prolonged period of immobility.
Dr Berthold Kepplinger, the head of the hospital where the family are being treated, said: “Kerstin is undergoing physiotherapy to regain muscle capacity. She is also traumatised and will probably need therapy, but we will consult with her on that matter and will not impose any decisions on her.”
It was also revealed that Kerstin had been examined to determine if she had suffered sexual assaults by her father, but doctors could not reveal details of the examinations.
Dr Kepplinger said that the family spoke of their father and that their relationship to him was “largely ambivalent”. He refused to elaborate, and only said: “There is a great ambivalence [regarding the father], especially with the girls. It is slightly different with the boys.”
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