Kerstin Fritzl, the 19-year-old whose illness in April alerted the Austrian authorities to a major incest scandal, will make a full recovery, doctors say.
They say the woman, who spent her life as a captive in a cellar, has taken her first steps since waking from a coma.
Ms Fritzl, who was admitted to hospital suffering from major organ failure, has also been reunited with her siblings.
She is the eldest of seven children fathered by Josef Fritzl with his daughter, Elisabeth.
Steady progress
Though her mother visited her regularly, Kerstin finally met other family members on Sunday.
Speaking at a news conference, Dr Albert Reiter, who treated the woman, said she greeted him during a morning visit on 1 June.
"I said to Kerstin 'Hello Kerstin', and Kerstin tells me 'Hello'," he said.
He said she had made daily progress since being woken from an artificially induced coma.
Berthold Kepplinger, director of a psychiatric clinic where the reunited family is recovering from their ordeal, said her recovery was "a great relief".
He said she could read and write, and was good at communicating.
"She has told us many many of her wishes. For example, she would like to go on a ship," he said.
Dr Reiter said she also wanted to listen to a Robbie Williams concert.
Elisabeth was held captive for 24 years and raped repeatedly by her father.
She and Kerstin and two other children lived in a cellar beneath his house. Three other children lived with Mr Fritzl, while another died as an infant.
Mr Fritzl, 73, remains in detention pending charges.
(BBC)
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