BY: James Lyons
Rik Mayall's wife, Barbara, last night continued her vigil at the bedside of the seriously injured comedian.
Mrs Mayall, 39, has been at her husband's side since he crashed a 600lb quad bike at their country farmhouse last Thursday.
Mr Mayall is still under sedation at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital but a spokeswoman said his condition was still "stable".
Flowers and cards from well-wishers around the globe were continuing to arrive for the stricken star, she added.
The 39-year-old comedian was airlifted to the hospital after Mrs Mayall found him unconscious and pinned beneath the four-wheeled bike at their remote Pasture Farm home in Devon.
He is being treated in the intensive care unit at the hospital's specialist neurological condition.
Mrs Mayall said on Sunday: "We think he is OK."
The family said they were "more optimistic" about his progress.
The accident happened when the star was using the machine at Pasture Farm, near east Allington in the South Hams.
It is understood that the bike toppled on top of him as he rode across a steeply sloping field.
Mr Mayall bought the country estate last year as a retreat for his family his wife of 12 years and their three children Rosie, 11, Sidney, nine, and Bonnie, two.
He had shot to fame in The Young Ones TV series and also starred in The Comic Strip Presents, Bottom and the New Statesman.
Mr Mayall appeared on Sunday night with other Comic Strip stars in a Channel 4 comedy special Four Men in a Car, which went ahead after the programme makers consulted his family.
The show was the latest in a series of critically acclaimed programmes from The Comic Strip.