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Apologize if this is a repost. Thought you might be interested. BTW: Goodell sounds like a good egg. Thought it was classy for him to take the time to fly up and see Everett and talk to Everett's mother.
Goodell visits with Everett at hospital for 45 minutes
ESPN.com news services
Updated: September 13, 2007, 4:44 PM ET
function showFSP() { var elem = document.getElementById("mainUI"); elem.style.visibility = "visible"; } if (document.all) { window.onload = showFSP; } else { showFSP(); } BUFFALO, N.Y. -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell flew to Buffalo on Thursday morning to visit with injured Bills tight end Kevin Everett, The Buffalo News reported on its Web site.
"He went to the hospital and visited with him for about 30 to 45 minutes," said Greg Aiello, NFL vice president for public relations, according to the newspaper. "He just wanted to go up and see him."
Goodell flew from New York City to Buffalo and met with Everett and his mother, Patricia Dugas, in the player's room at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital, hospital spokesman Mike Hughes said. Bills general manager Marv Levy also was in the room. Goodell returned to the NFL offices in New York after the visit, the newspaper reported.
Hughes said Goodell requested permission to make the visit Wednesday, hours after Everett's doctors expressed "cautious optimism" that the player might be able to walk again. Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury in Buffalo's season opener against Denver on Sunday.
Everett can wiggle his toes, bend his hip, move his ankles, elevate and kick his leg, as well as extend his elbows and slightly flex his biceps, said Dr. Kevin Gibbons, the supervisor of neurosurgery at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital. While all are significant signs of improvement, he noted that Everett has yet to show any movement in his hands.
"There are some answers now. And many more questions remain," Gibbons said in an update to reporters Wednesday. "The patient's made significant improvement. But no one should think the functions in his legs is close to normal. Not even close. ... If you ask me, 'Would he walk again?' I would tell you that I wouldn't bet against it. But he has a long way to go."
Doctors were also confident enough in Everett's recovery that they took him off a respirator Wednesday.
Bills orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino improved his prognosis, too, saying he's "cautiously slightly more optimistic." That's a big improvement from Monday when Cappuccino said Everett's chances for a full neurologic recovery were "bleak, dismal."
Helyar: Support system
It won't be easy, but Kevin Everett's rehabilitation will be helped by Dennis Byrd, Mike Utley, Derrick Burroughs and other players who've suffered severe spine injuries, writes John Helyar. Story
When Everett arrived at the hospital Sunday, he was paralyzed below his neck.
Everett sustained the injury Sunday after ducking his head while tackling the Denver Broncos' Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff of the Bills' season opener. He dropped face-first to the ground after his helmet hit Hixon high on the left shoulder and side of the helmet.
Goodell visits with Everett at hospital for 45 minutes
ESPN.com news services
Updated: September 13, 2007, 4:44 PM ET
function showFSP() { var elem = document.getElementById("mainUI"); elem.style.visibility = "visible"; } if (document.all) { window.onload = showFSP; } else { showFSP(); } BUFFALO, N.Y. -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell flew to Buffalo on Thursday morning to visit with injured Bills tight end Kevin Everett, The Buffalo News reported on its Web site.
"He went to the hospital and visited with him for about 30 to 45 minutes," said Greg Aiello, NFL vice president for public relations, according to the newspaper. "He just wanted to go up and see him."
Goodell flew from New York City to Buffalo and met with Everett and his mother, Patricia Dugas, in the player's room at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital, hospital spokesman Mike Hughes said. Bills general manager Marv Levy also was in the room. Goodell returned to the NFL offices in New York after the visit, the newspaper reported.
Hughes said Goodell requested permission to make the visit Wednesday, hours after Everett's doctors expressed "cautious optimism" that the player might be able to walk again. Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury in Buffalo's season opener against Denver on Sunday.
Everett can wiggle his toes, bend his hip, move his ankles, elevate and kick his leg, as well as extend his elbows and slightly flex his biceps, said Dr. Kevin Gibbons, the supervisor of neurosurgery at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital. While all are significant signs of improvement, he noted that Everett has yet to show any movement in his hands.
"There are some answers now. And many more questions remain," Gibbons said in an update to reporters Wednesday. "The patient's made significant improvement. But no one should think the functions in his legs is close to normal. Not even close. ... If you ask me, 'Would he walk again?' I would tell you that I wouldn't bet against it. But he has a long way to go."
Doctors were also confident enough in Everett's recovery that they took him off a respirator Wednesday.
Bills orthopedic surgeon Andrew Cappuccino improved his prognosis, too, saying he's "cautiously slightly more optimistic." That's a big improvement from Monday when Cappuccino said Everett's chances for a full neurologic recovery were "bleak, dismal."
Helyar: Support system
It won't be easy, but Kevin Everett's rehabilitation will be helped by Dennis Byrd, Mike Utley, Derrick Burroughs and other players who've suffered severe spine injuries, writes John Helyar. Story
When Everett arrived at the hospital Sunday, he was paralyzed below his neck.
Everett sustained the injury Sunday after ducking his head while tackling the Denver Broncos' Domenik Hixon during the second-half kickoff of the Bills' season opener. He dropped face-first to the ground after his helmet hit Hixon high on the left shoulder and side of the helmet.
True.....