"Even though Everett's case has nothing to do with corroborating the use of hypothermia," says Edward Benzel, director of the Center for Spine Health at the Cleveland Clinic, who agrees with Gibbons' assessment, it doesn't mean there is no reason to study the treatment further.While the question of whether or not hypothermia treatment was the key to Everett's recovery, today he is walking again. The real test is whether the patient shows improvement in the day or two following the injury, as Everett did.Still, other physicians support Cappuccino's assertion that hypothermia therapy was crucial to Everett's recovery.
Everett hasn't spoken publicly except through news releases and in a videotaped statement that was broadcast before Buffalo's home game against New England on Nov.18. It was only post-surgery when Everett received another cooling treatment that his temperature decreased significantly to 92 degrees Fahrenheit. Kevin Everett, Former UM and NFL Athlete, Walks Tall Everett Walks Tall and Announces Launch of the Kevin Everett Foundation April 2008 — For a man many believed would never walk again, former Hurricane and NFL player Kevin Everett stood tall on the Miller School’s campus Friday during a visit to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. The process is similar to icing a battered limb after an accident to reduce swelling.During transport to the emergency room—15 minutes after Everett dislocated his Although this treatment is already routinely used in hospitals to preserve transplant organs and reduce the body's need for oxygenated blood during Kevin Gibbons, the neurosurgeon who performed Everett's surgery with Cappuccino and oversaw his care at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo, downplayed the role of hypothermia in his recovery. As medics attended to the injured player, thousands of Bills fans crammed into Ralph Wilson Stadium, and the 50-plus members of the team's playing and coaching staff waited for a signal from the fallen player—a thumb's up or a wave.
On September 9th, 2007, Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett suffered severe spine injury after a helmet to helmet tackle. Doctors disagree on whether the controversial treatment played a role in the recovery of the Buffalo Bills tight endTheir helmets collided. His doctors feared he would never regain his ability to walk.
By that time, his neck had been realigned and he had already regained some mobility in his legs and ankles.One important factor may be that, although severe, Everett's injury was incomplete. This cooling appears to protect or reduce damage to the nervous system after a traumatic injury by preventing cell damage and inflammation, which is the immune system's response to injury.
"He's not driving or anything like that, but he is walking.
Kevin Everett's playing career ended in the first game of the 2007 NFL season.At the beginning of the second quarter, the third-year Buffalo Bills …
He even made an appearance on national television at Discover world-changing science. The person said Everett has been walking under his own power since his release from Memorial Hermann/TIRR three weeks ago and is now an outpatient there.
Despite the risks, inducing hypothermia may play a role in preventing neurological injury during periods of severe trauma. Cappuccino recognized that Everett still had some sensation remaining in his lower extremities after sustaining the injury. "How are you doing Buffalo?
Kevin Everett is walking on his own at a Houston rehab center, the latest significant progress by the Buffalo Bills tight end in his remarkable recovery from a serious spinal cord injury. He is walking," the person said.
It's obviously a good sign.
He improved so steadily during his first two weeks he was transferred to Houston, where Everett's makes his offseason home, for the next stage of rehab.
Everett was paralyzed from the neck down when he arrived at Buffalo's Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital and spent the first few days on life support. Everett, 26, stiffened and fell to the ground.
The person added Everett is picked up at his Houston-area home by car to attend daily rehab sessions and is able to walk to and from the facility. Kevin Everett is walking on his own at a Houston rehab center, the latest significant progress by the Buffalo Bills tight end in his remarkable recovery from a serious spinal cord injury.
"Cold [saltwater] didn't hurt Everett," he says, "but it was certainly not the only reason he got better.
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"I just want to say, 'Come on, let's beat the Patriots.'" Kevin Everett is walking on his own at a Houston rehab center, the latest significant progress by the Buffalo Bills tight end in his remarkable recovery from a serious spinal cord injury.
“Kevin Everett is moving his …
In September, Everett, a tight end for the Buffalo Bills, broke his neck and sustained a severe spinal cord injury. "Anytime we hear about something along those lines, it gives you chills," he said.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of Everett's status.