Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:47 pm Posts: 13660 Location: Long Island Gender: Male
I feel really bad for this guy. Mostly because i love football so much and these guys basically put their life on the line everytime they step on the field. The majority of sports can't say this. Some extreme sports, weird cases in other sports, Nascar(but is it really a sport)but football really takes the cake as far as i know when paralysis is invloved. This sport gives me so much happiness but i guess all things that great have times like these. Everett lead with his helmet way too much on that hit and i wish coaches would emphasize this a lot more in their training. It could get you killed or fuck you up for life. Just wanted to give a heads up, would post a link but i'm hammered. Best wishes to this guy even though it's obvious that all NFL fans are rooting for this guy
Joined: Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:51 am Posts: 43609 Location: My city smells like Cheerios Gender: Male
this feels worse than the Bills losing the way they did. I felt shitty all yesterday and today because of it. I really liked him as a player. I've been thinkin about buying his jersey in support of him
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(Buffalo, NY, September 11, 2007) - - We have some breaking news about the condition of bills tight end Kevin Everett. Doctor Peter Ostrow reports with some hopeful news.
I spoke with Dr. Andy Cappuccino, one of his surgeons, Tuesday, and he was much more optimistic than yesterday. He said Kevin Everett is able to move his arms and legs, a great advance since yesterday.
All of us who saw the injury during the football game and heard the early reports feared the worst, but many things went right for Kevin Everett. The Bills' training staff practices for situations just like this and they were ready. Dr. John Marzo led the drill, and trainer Bud Carpenter immobilized Kevin's head.
As soon as they put him inthe ambulance, treatment began. He was given steroids as the ambulance went through the tunnell, and two IV's were inserted so he could be given a treatment that would lower his body temperature. Within an hour of the time thay reached Millard Fillmore Gates, he had a CT Scan and an MRI Scan, and within an hour and a half, Dr. Cappuccino and Dr. Kevin Gibbons began surgery and it went very well.
Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, Othopedic Surgeon, "The spinal cord was completely decompressed, and the spine was fixated from the back with four screws and two small rods. At that point in time, an intraoperative ultrasound or doppler study was performed to evaluate the cord, the covering of the cord and the cord itself were completely intact, and actually looked good."
The doctors were reluctant to give an optimistic prognosis, but there were some early hopeful signs.
Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, Othopedic Surgeon, "This examination, about 6 hours after surgery did show voluntary movement of his legs in his adductors, the muscles that ppull his legs together, and his plantarflexors the muscles that push his feet down."
And Kevin himself, in a message to his mother, gave the most optimistic prediction.
Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, Othopedic Surgeon, "He told her that he was going to get better and he didn't want her to worry."
And Tuesday, Dr Cappuccino says, "We may be wittnessing a minor miracle." He said that because, today, Kevin Everett was able to voluntarily move his arms and legs, a marked improvement over yesterday. He also noted that the MRI scan taken after the surgery showed only a small amount of swelling in the cord. Those are both good signs.
[Q] You said they lowered his body temperature. What did that do?
[A] Its one of the things that prevents the cord from swelling, along with the steroids. The treatment protocol was designed by Dr. Barth Green in Miami, who happens to be a personal friend of Ralph Wilson.
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That was very scary to watch. I'm really glad to hear that there seems to be hope for him.
What about that guy in the Tennesse-California game last week? Has his condition been updated? I assume (and hope) that since I haven't heard otherwise, he was likely okay. ?
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Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2005 5:06 am Posts: 2402 Location: Freedonia
Holy shit, I just found out he might walk. I'm so fucking happy for him if it works out.
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Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:49 am Posts: 6766 Location: Big Kahuna Burger
An exert from an article I read today whilst I was reading about this on yahoo The Bills will be there for Everett. The same usually can't be said for those injured on high school fields.
"The difference is that the Bills organization will take care of this young man and help provide," Eddie Canales said. "On the high school level that is not necessarily true. They tend to be forgotten after they graduate while the families are devastated and have to live with the injury and array of medical problems that come with this."
Father and son are trying to do something about that. After attending a game where another high school player was paralyzed a year after Canales' injury, they founded a nonprofit organization called Gridiron Heroes to help players and their families cope with the aftermath of their injuries.
They began with two heroes in 2003. Since that time, 12 other high school players have been paralyzed in games in Texas alone
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:14 am Posts: 37778 Location: OmaGOD!!! Gender: Male
Would it be inappropriate for me to raise the question of whether it is the modern helmets that players wear that lead to the rash of paralyses in football (especially at the high school level)?
40 years ago, players didn't tackle with their heads. That's how 90% of these serious neck injuries happen.
The modern helmet may keep a kid's face nice and pretty, but it doesn't protect his most vulnerable part, his neck.
I heard a piece on NPR a few weeks ago talking about ultimate fighting, and people were saying that it's really brutal and bloody and all that, but one of the fighters was saying that it's safer than boxing because the cuts and bruises a fighter gets on his face are superficial and will heal, but the bruises to the brain suffered by repeated concussions from boxing gloves do not. I think the same can be said for modern football helmets.
Anyway, I'm not letting my sons play football. I'd rather they play hockey.
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