Yael Cohn with Molly Meldrum before his accident. Picture: Tim Carrafa Source: Herald Sun
Cameron Adams, The Herald Sun, reports
Molly Meldrum is getting back on his feet and back to his cheeky old self.
But the music guru is trapped in a dream-like state for now and cannot remember the fall that nearly claimed his life.
Assistant Yael Cohn said he had post-traumatic amnesia, but doctors were confident he would make a full recovery.
Ms Cohn, who visits the much-loved Melbourne identity every day, said Molly's long-term memory was intact, but he has no short-term memory after falling from the roof of his Richmond home before Christmas and suffering serious head injuries.
"I feel really positive he will be well again," Ms Cohn said. "I see the cheeky person that he is slowly coming back and he'll definitely be back to tell us all what to do soon. People might think with a brain injury he's slurring or not speaking properly. He's talking like Molly would talk. Which wasn't always the clearest, but that's the Molly talk."
Ms Cohn said Meldrum has started taking brief walks around the Epworth rehab centre in Richmond.
His neck brace has been removed and he is recovering well from a broken collarbone, shattered shoulder blade, fractured vertebrae and broken ribs.
She said Molly talked in his dream-like state and showed familiar personality traits.
"He remembers his family and friends. But I might have just visited him, a nurse will walk in after me and say, 'Has anyone seen you today?' and he'll say 'No'. His short-term memory has gone."
Ms Cohn said she had passed on the public's well wishes to Meldrum. And Prof John Olver, medical director at Epworth Rehabilitation, said Meldrum was improving each day.
"He's more alert and engaging and more orientated now than he was two weeks ago. And so we're seeing a progression and that's really what we want to see," he said.
Ms Cohn and Molly's brother Brian will appear on Seven's Sunday Night tomorrow.
"The family felt an obligation to tell this story to put people at ease," Cohn said. "It has affected people in a profound way."
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