Anne TootillIncest victim says thank you
May 14th 2008 22:58
In a handwritten message displayed on a notice board in the square of their home town of Amstetten, Elisabeth Fritzl and her six surviving children thanked the many well-wishers for their messages of support since they were freed.
The family is currently being shielded from the media glare and receiving psychiatric counselling in a clinic in Amstetten, 100km west of Vienna.
In a drawing of an open pair of hands, Elisabeth Fritzl, now 42, writes: "I wish for the recovery of my daughter Kerstin, the love of my children, the protection of my family and for people with heart and compassion."
It was the hospitalisation of the eldest child, 19-year-old Kerstin, on April 19 that brought the shocking case to light, if she hadn't been taken to hospital, they may never have been discovered. Kerstin has since been placed in an artificially induced coma and is in intensive care on a life-support machine. Initially, her condition was life-threatening, but doctors have since said she has stabilised.
Among the other handwritten messages from the family, Kerstin's 18-year-old brother, who had also never seen daylight, wrote of his delight at experiencing sun, fresh air, his family and nature.
The third child a five-year-old boy, dreamt of driving in a car, riding a snow-sledge, playing with other children and running in fields.
The article quoted the head of the hospital, Berthold Kepplinger, as saying that the family must "very carefully and very slowly be led back into reality".
If you believe that saying a prayer can help, then say one for this family.
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