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Everett Makes Significant Progress

Injured Bills tight end continues to improve, happy to be home

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 25, 2007 3:48 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Doctors for Buffalo Bills' tight end Kevin Everett said yesterday that he continues to progress, and that they are "optimistic that walking will definitely be a possibility," reports the Houston Chronicle. Everett was able to sit up for more than twice as long as he could last week, and to raise his arm against gravity, another significant improvement.

Everett seriously injured his spinal cord in the Bills' season opener September 9, when he ducked his head on a tackle. Despite a grim early prognosis, he improved enough to be transfered from Buffalo to his hometown of Houston, and has a "very positive outlook," said attending physician Dr. Teodoro Castillo. "He told me the nice thing was just being home, near family."

A Buffalo Bills cap and candles are placed on the lawn of Millard Fillmore Gates hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is being cared for at Millard Fillmore Gates. The message reads, Get well soon! Nobody circles the wagons like...
A Buffalo Bills cap and candles are placed on the lawn of Millard Fillmore Gates hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday, Sept. 14, 2007. Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is being cared for at Millard...   (Associated Press)
UPDATES A GRAPHIC THAT RAN SEPT. 6 WITH INFORMATION ABOUT INJURED BILLS TIGHT END KEVIN EVERETT; graphic explains how to tackle to avoid neck injuries in football; 2c x 5 7/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 149 mm; with BC-Safe Tackling; MMS; ETA 4 p.m. ; 2c x 5 7/8...
UPDATES A GRAPHIC THAT RAN SEPT. 6 WITH INFORMATION ABOUT INJURED BILLS TIGHT END KEVIN EVERETT; graphic explains how to tackle to avoid neck injuries in football; 2c x 5 7/8 inches; 96.3 mm x 149 mm;...   (Associated Press)
This 2007 photo released by the NFL shows Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett. Everett sustained a catastrophic and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while making a tackle during a football game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007 and his chances of regaining a full range of body motion are very...
This 2007 photo released by the NFL shows Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett. Everett sustained a "catastrophic" and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while making a tackle during a football game against...   (Associated Press)
Dr.Teodoro Castillo, co-director of the Spinal Cord Injury program at Memorial Hermann-TIRR, discusses the condition of Buffalo Bills tight end and special teams player Kevin Everett during a news conference Monday, Sept. 24, 2007 in Houston. Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury while making a tackle in Buffalo's...
Dr.Teodoro Castillo, co-director of the Spinal Cord Injury program at Memorial Hermann-TIRR, discusses the condition of Buffalo Bills tight end and special teams player Kevin Everett during a news conference...   (Associated Press)
Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is transferred from an ambulance to Memorial Hermann-TIRR, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, to begin the next phase of his rehabilitation after arriving in Houston on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. Everett sustained a life-threatening spinal cord injury while making a tackle in Buffalo's...
Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett is transferred from an ambulance to Memorial Hermann-TIRR, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, to begin the next phase of his rehabilitation after arriving...   (Associated Press)
Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett is helped by trainers after an injury during the second half of the NFL football game against the Denver Broncos at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Everett had surgery Sunday after injuring his spine on a...
Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett is helped by trainers after an injury during the second half of the NFL football game against the Denver Broncos at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park,...   (Associated Press)
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