After a long stay in hospital: Heinz Hoenig’s first steps on the rollator

A moving moment for Heinz Hoenig (73) and his family: The actor has reached an important milestone after his long hospital stay.

“Look, the dad is running,” Anika Kärsten-Hoenig enthusiastically calls the sons together Jianni (2) and Juliano (3), who swirled around her father excitedly. After months in the bedside and a wheelchair, the “The Boot” star is visibly motivated on his first attempts at walking. With a firm grip on the rollator, he independently circles the kitchen island while his family is cheering on it.

The progress of her “Heinzi” moves his wife to tear: “Man, I start crying right away”, she can be heard in the background of the video. The mother of two is overwhelmed by her husband’s fighting spirit, praises him exuberantly and rewarded his success with a loving kiss.

The past year was a big challenge for the Hoenigs. The actor had to undergo several difficult operations – at first a stent was made close to his heart, later a complicated intervention followed the esophagus. The family has to struggle not only with health, but also with financial worries, since Hoenig is not insured. should help to cover the high treatment costs. However, the target of 500,000 euros has not yet been achieved.

With remarkable will to live and the loving support of his family, Heinz Hoenig is now struggling step by step back into everyday life. His wife Annika documents the progress on social media and receives a lot of encouragement from fans and colleagues. “The fight back into life!” She comments on the moving moment – a struggle that the popular actor obviously does not intend to give up.