((HT: MiLB.com))
Ryan Westmoreland was regarded as a five-tool player when the Boston Red Sox drafted him in 2008.
He worked his way through the minor league system and was listed as a team Top 25 prospect in 2010. But he started to experience numbness in his body. Doctors found a cavernous malformation and removed it from his brain stem. The surgery was a success and he attempted a comeback in the 2012 season.
It wasn't to be.
He had to retire in the 2013 season and, currently, suffers from double vision, partial facial paralysis and numbness in the entire right side of his body. He has always been a part of the Red Sox family and the single-A franchise in Lowell, the Spinners, decided Westmoreland would be the first number retired by the franchise.
Here's their tribute video before the retiring ceremony
Showing posts with label paralysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paralysis. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Good News For Jack Jablonski
From Jack's own Twitter feed... which is a must follow...
Just got some feeling on the top of my right ring finger! #movingforward
And this is good news!!!
Here's his story, for those of you who may not have recalled his story...
Keep Moving Forward!!!
Just got some feeling on the top of my right ring finger! #movingforward
And this is good news!!!
Here's his story, for those of you who may not have recalled his story...
Keep Moving Forward!!!
Monday, August 12, 2013
Cal DB Taken Away In Ambulance After Hit, Has Feeling In Extremities
((HT: San Jose Mercury News/Faurado))
Jeff Faraudo was around at Cal practice today and Cal defensive back Avery Sebastian had to be taken off the field in an ambulance after a head-to-head hit with running back Jeffrey Coprich.
Sebastian, from the suburban Atlanta, Georgia town of McDonough was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland.
For more than 15 minutes it appeared Sebastian was motionless. He was eventually strapped to a gurney, his head immobilized, and then was taken away from the scrimmage.
The only quote associated with the injury by head coach Sonny Dykes was: "We don't have any idea the severity of it. As soon as we know something, we'll put out a statement."
According to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, through his Twitter feed, has Sebastian experiencing movement in all of his extremities and the school anticipates he'll be released soon...
More when we know more...
Jeff Faraudo was around at Cal practice today and Cal defensive back Avery Sebastian had to be taken off the field in an ambulance after a head-to-head hit with running back Jeffrey Coprich.
Sebastian, from the suburban Atlanta, Georgia town of McDonough was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland.
For more than 15 minutes it appeared Sebastian was motionless. He was eventually strapped to a gurney, his head immobilized, and then was taken away from the scrimmage.
The only quote associated with the injury by head coach Sonny Dykes was: "We don't have any idea the severity of it. As soon as we know something, we'll put out a statement."
According to ESPN's Brett McMurphy, through his Twitter feed, has Sebastian experiencing movement in all of his extremities and the school anticipates he'll be released soon...
More when we know more...
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