Current Event for Week of 11/13/06
Season special after player beats illness
Canton South senior lineman football player, Josh Neff is trying hard to lead his team to state championship, but nothing this team could possible have to endure would be anything like what he's been put through within the past 8 months.On March 7, 2006, his world changed. After missing a few days of school due to what he'd thought was illness, he ollapsed at school and seizured. He was rushed to a hospital by ambulence with a fever of 106. It turns out that the "flu" was actually Epstein-Barr virus which is a cause of mononucleosis. It had moved into the brain and caused it to swell.After being taken to Akron Childrens from Mercy Medical Center, Josh was put into a medicated coma which lasted 5 days and developing pneumonia durring his hospital stay. After many more weeks, Josh returned to school and football 45lbs lighter and has managed to play in every game of his senior year.
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Canton South senior lineman football player, Josh Neff is trying hard to lead his team to state championship, but nothing this team could possible have to endure would be anything like what he's been put through within the past 8 months.On March 7, 2006, his world changed. After missing a few days of school due to what he'd thought was illness, he ollapsed at school and seizured. He was rushed to a hospital by ambulence with a fever of 106. It turns out that the "flu" was actually Epstein-Barr virus which is a cause of mononucleosis. It had moved into the brain and caused it to swell.After being taken to Akron Childrens from Mercy Medical Center, Josh was put into a medicated coma which lasted 5 days and developing pneumonia durring his hospital stay. After many more weeks, Josh returned to school and football 45lbs lighter and has managed to play in every game of his senior year.
Read the article here.
posted by cldaily at 1:33 PM
4 Comments:
Josh seemed like he was a good kid and was a good team player. And yes, that is really sad what happened to him
Yay football.
I really don't know what to say.
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i am glad to see someone who tries hard for what they want. true ambition is something that most people lack. diseases are various and it shows that even the strong arent imune its a good reminder to keep up with your health and a good insperation.
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