A student athlete has been left paralyzed after suffering a horrifying injury in his first game ever.
Ju’Lius Byers was seriously injured in his first high school match for Liberty High School in Missouri. The freshman suffered a serious spinal injury in a game earlier this month, as per reports from WDAF-TV.
The young star was rushed to the hospital, and that is where he underwent two emergency surgeries. The 14-year-old is now partially paralyzed after suffering three fractures to his neck, a concussion, and an incomplete spinal cord injury.
However, he’s able to walk and is expected to be discharged from the hospital before undergoing rehab. Speaking to a radio station, he mentioned how he remembered getting off the block and getting a massive hit. This kind of blacked him out a little bit, he continued, but then he worked up, he shared.
His family has set up a GoFundMe to raise more money for their son.point 166 | His father posted a message which read: ‘Through it all, Ju’Luis continued to show remarkable strength and courage.point 276 |
He approaches each day with the same determination he once brought to football on and off the field, fighting to regain as much independence and mobility as possible!”point 146 | 1