Kevin Everett is walking again
25 year old Kevin Everett, who fell victim of a cervical spine injury on September while attempting to tackle Broncos’s Domenik Hixon is walking again, it was a serious affliction, and for him to be on his own again is remarkable.
Doctors were worried that he might never stand up again but a few days after he enter the hospital, he started to show some movements on his legs and arms and had sensitivity.
He’s been up since he left Memorial Hermann/TIRR and is now receiving physical therapy at the Houston Rehab Center.
"He doesn't have a full natural stride but, yeah, he's walking." a family member told the press.
Bills fans haven’t forgot him, many wears T-shirts with the number 85 on the back for home games and teammates also missed his presence, even though he is not a guy of many words, he is a friend of everybody’s.
"He's got such a great character, and it's obvious. He's not a man of many words, but he doesn't need to speak by words." Said punter Brian Moorman.
Undoubtedly, to be surrounded by people that has gone through the same stuff, has inspired Everett to struggle for recovering, he knows that to be on his feet again is just the first step of a long rehab process, but he is surely not going to give up and soon we might see him doing simple things that right now seems like really hard tasks, like driving a car.
"Their courage and determination inspired me to fight every day for recovery of my ability to walk." Everett said.
The tight end and native of Port Arthur, Texas, hasn’t given that many public speeches since the injury, but he did appeared in a videotaped statement broadcasted on TV before the game against the Patriots on November 18th.
"How are you doing Buffalo? I just want to say, `Come on, let's beat the Patriots."' Were his words.
