Gordie Howe continues to fight on.
Mr. Hockey's condition is said to be improving since his hospitalization in early December, his son Mark told Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press.
"He's on the upswing," Mark said.
The 86-year-old was thought to have suffered his latest in a series of strokes since the summer, but his unresponsiveness was apparently just due to dehydration and fatigue.