Well, that’s good news….
BUFFALO, N.Y. —AP Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs on Tuesday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills’ tight end would walk again — contrary to the grim prognosis given a day before.
“Based on our experience, the fact that he’s moving so well, so early after such a catastrophic injury means he will walk again,” said Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Miami school of medicine.
“It’s totally spectacular, totally unexpected,” Green told The Associated Press by telephone from Miami.
Unexpected isn’t the half of it. He’s not out of the woods yet, but he’s a heck of a lot better off than he was. 930/WBEN is reporting:
On Monday, Bills orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, said Everett likely wouldn’t walk again.
“A best-case scenario is full recovery, but not likely,” said Cappuccino, who operated on the reserve tight end. “I believe there will be some permanent neurologic deficit.”
Cappuccino and officials at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital did not immediately return several messages left with them by The AP.
In a report Tuesday evening, Buffalo’s WIVB-TV quoted Cappuccino as saying: “We may be witnessing a minor miracle.”
Bills owner Ralph Wilson said the team has been in contact from the beginning with Green and the Miami Project, the university’s neurological center that specializes in spinal cord injuries and paralysis.
Everett’s agent, Brian Overstreet, also said Everett’s mother told him the player moved his arms and legs when awakened from a deeply sedated sleep.
That’s just downright great news. We’re pulling for you, Kev.
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