PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Camas man who has been battling the H1N1 flu virus for weeks is showing signs of improvement, his wife said Monday.

Tom Trautman was hospitalized before Christmas and placed in a medically induced coma. He is still in intensive care at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in north Portland but is awake and eating solid food.

His wife of 23 years, Becky Trautman, said Tom began to feel sick in November. He contracted pneumonia and then H1N1.

She said her husband has a long recovery ahead of him.

"He needs to learn how to eat, to sleep, to walk, things like that. He can't walk right now because he's so weak and it's been a long time," she said.

Donations to the Trautman Family Support Fund are being accepted at Wells Fargo Bank.

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