Fabrice Muamba

He could of course always come back to football work as a staff member or something..

donttreadonred wrote:Speaking is a wonderful sign.

They're obviously playing down the significance, because patients don't necessarily make steady progress. He could remain in the hospital for quite some time.

I'm just happy he's recovered to the point he has.

Very nice Sig.

thank god he is speaking. hope he gets plenty of rest and gets his best feeling back, his health is main priority.

btw read dailymail article that tottenham fan who happens to be a cardiology specialist helped saved muamba life ....

TOTTENHAM FAN STEPPED IN TO SAVE MUAMBA AFTER COLLAPSE
Consultant cardiologist: Andrew Deaner helped to save Muamba's life

Consultant cardiologist: Andrew Deaner helped to save Muamba's life

A Tottenham supporter helped to save the life of Fabrice Muamba after he collapsed on the pitch.

Dr Andrew Deaner was in the stands watching Spurs play Bolton when the 23-year-old England under 21 international collapsed.

He rushed down to the pitch and directed paramedics as they battled to save the footballer. Today he remains critically ill at hospital.

Dr Deaner is a father-of-three and a keen cyclist. He graduated from the Leeds University School of Medicine in 1987 and now works in NHS and private hospitals in London and Essex.

He treats patients with all types of cardiac disease, including those with coronary artery disease and people who have suffered angina, heart attack and cardiac arrest.

He is also an expert in pacemakers as well having a special interest in heart disease in pregnancy.

Heavily involved in the training of junior doctors, the Spurs fan is chair of the Specialist Training Committee in General Medicine for the north Thames region and a member of the British Cardiovascular Society and the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society.

Furthermore, Dr Deaner holds the post of secretary of the Cardiology Council of the Royal Society of Medicine.
As well as his position at the NHS London Chest Hospital, Dr Deaner is a consultant cardiologist at Spire Roding and Spire Hartswood private hospitals in Essex.

He is also the clinical lead in cardiology and clinical director for acute medicine at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. This is his main place of work.

In his personal profile for Spire, Dr Deaner writes: 'I was born and brought up in south west Essex.

'I am married with three teenage children, and spend much of my spare time cycling on a Colnago C50 road bike.

'Amongst numerous cycling achievements, I have successfully ridden an amateur stage of the Tour De France on six occasions and have completed the ultra-long distance Paris-Brest-Paris cycle event on two occasions.

'My other interests include travel and the theatre.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116438/Fabrice-Muamba-latest-news-update-Bolton-player-utters-1st-words-collapsed.html#ixzz1pcVsc6Ip

He was dead for 78 minutes before he was revived, amazing

^^^ Damn.

Glad he's OK

Albiceleste wrote:He was dead for 78 minutes before he was revived, amazing

pretty sure that's a typo...

Probably in seconds

che wrote:

Albiceleste wrote:He was dead for 78 minutes before he was revived, amazing

pretty sure that's a typo...

no its true, his heart stopped beating for an hour and a bit.

Im actually surprised they kept trying to revive him.

Glad he is ok, heart of a lion, he is still here.

che wrote:

Albiceleste wrote:He was dead for 78 minutes before he was revived, amazing

pretty sure that's a typo...

Just saw it goal.com, the bolton team doctor was the one who said it apparently

Thierry Henry has flown to London all the way from America to spend an hour with former team-mate Muamba.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17460781

lol.com journalism again

In an emotional interview, Dr Tobin said: "It was 48 minutes when he collapsed to reaching hospital and a further 30 minutes after that. He was, in effect, dead at that time."

"in effect" meaning, i presume, that in most cases if 78 minutes elapse between you collapsing and you getting to a hospital you're pretty much dead

if his heart actually stopped for 78 minutes he'd have the mental capacity of a carrot at this point, not to mention that at some point, after one hour of unsuccessful cpr, someone must have said "no, keep going"...

The record for longest time with out a pulse is 3 days if I'm not mistaken.

Zealous wrote:The record for longest time with out a pulse is 3 days if I'm not mistaken.

if that's true, i'm gonna hazard a guess that an artificial instrument was involved...

Happy that he is alive, keep fighting Fabrice, the entire world of football is behind you.

I cannot believe someone's brains would really survive a total of 78 minutes without the oxygen, which is pumped, with blood, through blood vessels.

There has to be some kind of respirator involved or something. However I'm really happy to see Muamba is well. It's amazing.

you can only survive for 5 without your heart beating on its own and thats despite oxygen injections as well

unless they had a pacemaker apparatus that could not have been the case

i think they have understood it wrong, i think they meant to say that his heart stopped beating ON ITS OWN for 2 hours and only after that it did

No-one mentioned he was discharged from hospital? For shame, legacy.....



C'mon, how can you heart not melt from that smile alone

That smile, sir, has just made my day. Thanks Lex.

Rarely do I actually feel my heart lift but seeing that picture...man, I felt it.

That smile really says it all. I can't believe I'm this happy for someone I've never met in my life.

That is great to see! Feel really happy for him and his family.
Fabrice

So glad to see him back, shame those spurs fans they showed were not singing his name, I would have.

Retired.

Schweini wrote:Retired.

nooo

Best of Luck to him!

I hope there is a chance he will return one day, only if he is 100% ready.