Kevin Everett Update!!!

[cboyd]

just said on sports center that doctors now believe he will be able to walk again!!! that what power of prayer does.

 

[Aikbach]

Truly miraculous, I was afraid he was going to be another Reggie Brown or Dennis Byrd.

Seems once a decade this horrific injury happens to someone in the NFL.

If he walks again he will be a living testimony.

 

[Dcowboy84]

i was watching as well, and it's great news!

it's wonderful the advances made medically to help deal with the initial stages of the injury to help recover, and give the increased chances of walking again after something like this.

hopefully the recovery will continue and not have any complications, and we can see him walking in street clothes cheering on his team from the sidelines.

 

[Aikbach]

Makes you wonder if Christopher Reeve may have walked again had he been hurt today instead of back in 1994.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I hope this is true. I think the NFL should get some credit because they have been very diligent in making sure the best immediate medical care is available at all NFL stadiums for just this reason.

i had a good feeling when they said that he had feeling in his extremities but its good to hear this especially with all the sweeling that follows an injury of this nature. For it to look this good this early is unbelievably great news.

 

[Big Country]

just said on sports center that doctors now believe he will be able to walk again!!! that what power of prayer does.

YESSSSS!!!!!!!!

AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!

 

[Hostile]

Great news.

My cousin broke his neck in a wreck in Arkansas a couple of years ago. Taps has a relative who had the same thing happen. You can't even imagine the emotions his family are probably going through right now.

Even I can't and it has happened in my family. Scott still isn't all the way back, but the knowledge he is improving helps.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Great news!

Credit to the doctors and medical staff.

 

[Doomsday]

That is awesome news!

 

[Rack]

Yeah, the doctors

 

[AdamJT13]

WIVB in Buffalo has posted this transcript --

http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=7059077

Update: Kevin Everett's Medical Condition

Sep 11, 2007 02:10 PM

(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.

 

[Rack]

Makes you wonder if Christopher Reeve may have walked again had he been hurt today instead of back in 1994.

Reeve had a different kind of neck/spinal injury. He had what I believe is called a "Hangman's" injury or something like that. It's as if his head were pulled out of it's "Socket".


Not the same.

 

[superpunk]

Maybe both sides of the God issue should just focus on how great it is that Everett might walk again - and not who or what is responsible for that.

Go Everett!

 

[SacredStar]

Great news!!

 

[Rack]

Maybe both sides of the God issue should just focus on how great it is that Everett might walk again - and not who or what is responsible for that.

Go Everett!

 

[Hostile]

Everett deserves a lot of credit as well. Some give up when faced with adversity.

 

[Big Dakota]

Good for him and his family.

 

[Rack]

Everett deserves a lot of credit as well. Some give up when faced with adversity.

Good point.

 

[Crown Royal]

I thought he was to be kept sedated for the next few days.

 

[Rack]

I thought he was to be kept sedated for the next few days.

Makes sense. I know I sure as hell wouldn't want to be awake/alert if I were in his shoes. Not for awhile anyway.


Man... it just makes you think of how lucky we are (those of us that played the game) that this didn't happen to any of us (and to those that it did happen to, I truly feel for you).


Especially guys that played high impact positions. I was a FB most of my playing days and I had a tendency to lead with my head (although not the top of my head, more like the front - see what you hit) and any one of those hits could of did the same to me.

Actually it doesn't even look like Everett lead that much with the top of his head. A little, but not blatant. Just incredibly unfortunate.