Bill's Everett can walk..a little

[Sammy Baugh Fan]

ESPN is reporting.

Injured Bills player Kevin Everett has been able to walk to some extent as part of his rehabilitation after suffering a severe spinal cord injury during the team's season opener, sources tell WIVB-TV in Buffalo.

Doctors in Houston, where Everett's rehab has been ongoing since mid-September, are optimistic that once Everett completes his rehab he will regain his ability to walk independently, the station reports.

Everett, a third-year tight end out of the University of Miami, was injured making a tackle Sept. 9 at home against Denver. Doctors initially said there was little chance Everett would walk again, but that prognosis was revised after Everett showed quick progress in the days after the injury.

Everett suffered an incomplete spinal cord injury, meaning there was preservation of some sensation and movement below the injury.

That's Great News!
Good for him and his family.
peace

[MTK]

It's great that he's made so much progress so quickly.

[jbcjr14]

This is really an incredible story. Wish him and his family well to a speedy recovery.

[BleedBurgundy]

Wow. That guys got wolverine healing powers...

[jamf]

Awesome!

[Sammy Baugh Fan]

I agree guys.
Is it cus the rest of his body is so strong, chance luck or a freaky nerve repairing gene. [let's not get religous. We all wished him well or prayed. Please leave that out]

This guy is lucky to be moving let along walking. WOW

mike

[wilsowilso]

Originally Posted by Sammy Baugh Fan

I agree guys.
Is it cus the rest of his body is so strong, chance luck or a freaky nerve repairing gene. [let's not get religous. We all wished him well or prayed. Please leave that out]

This guy is lucky to be moving let along walking. WOW

mike

The doctor who administered the brand new protocol which includes some kind of fluid that cools the core temperature of the body very quickly which limited the swelling and therefore the damage to the nerves inside the spinal column made history in the medical field for pulling off some stuff that had never really been tried before so soon after a life threatening trauma to the vertebrae of the neck. He almost died and now he is going to walk again. Mix modern medicine with some kind higher power and you get a miracle plain and simple.

[Sammy Baugh Fan]

I heard they were cooling him down in the ambulance and gave him meds very early to drop body temp.

Heat = Influmation = swelling = pressure on things?

Cool

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Sammy Baugh Fan

I heard they were cooling him down in the ambulance and gave him meds very early to drop body temp.

Heat = Influmation = swelling = pressure on things?

Cool

Dropping the body temp is cool he says. HAHA!

But I'm SO happy to hear about Kevin Everett. I have a very close friend back in Gainesville, Fl who was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident a few years ago. He is the most athletic kid I know, and was just devastated initially by his injury. We talked about Everett the day after it happened. My buddy wasn't as lucky and isn't expected to ever walk again, but he said hearing stories like this gives him the type of hope he needs. I couldn't be happier about this news.

[GhettoDogAllStars]

Originally Posted by wilsowilso

The doctor who administered the brand new protocol which includes some kind of fluid that cools the core temperature of the body very quickly which limited the swelling and therefore the damage to the nerves inside the spinal column made history in the medical field for pulling off some stuff that had never really been tried before so soon after a life threatening trauma to the vertebrae of the neck. He almost died and now he is going to walk again. Mix modern medicine with some kind higher power and you get a miracle plain and simple.

Yeah, I heard they got his body temp. into the eighties in just a few minutes.

Good news for him, and his family.