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Post by epjr on Oct 13, 2009 15:10:22 GMT -6
 Charlie Davies, a striker for the United States national soccer team, was involved in a one-car accident early Tuesday in suburban Washington, D.C., in which another person was killed, a U.S. Soccer Federation spokesman said. Davies was in surgery Tuesday afternoon at Washington Hospital Center and in stable condition, U.S. Soccer said in a statement. The extent of his injuries were unknown, but U.S. Soccer spokesman Neil Buethe said they were not life-threatening. soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=685080&sec=us&cc=5901 |
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Post by epjr on Oct 13, 2009 18:30:04 GMT -6
He is fortunate to be alive!  Davies was out of surgery by 6 p.m., according to Washington Hospital Center Medstar spokeswoman Paula Faria. U.S. Soccer Federation spokesman Neil Buethe earlier said that Davies had been taken in for surgery before noon. Buethe said Davies' injuries were not life-threatening. He initially said the injuries were "possibly" career-threatening but later clarified the remark. "At this point, we just don't know the extent of the injuries, so we can't comment on how this affects Charlie's future," Buethe said. |
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Post by epjr on Oct 14, 2009 11:59:41 GMT -6
If you want to send Charlie Davies your well wishes, you can send an e-mail to charliedavies9@yahoo.com. The team will print out all messages and them give to him |
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Post by acdc on Oct 14, 2009 21:31:52 GMT -6
If you want to send Charlie Davies your well wishes, you can send an e-mail to charliedavies9@yahoo.com. The team will print out all messages and them give to him +1 get well Charlie. |
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Post by epjr on Jan 30, 2010 20:20:17 GMT -6
Davies on remarkable path to recovery Charlie Davies is lucky to be alive. He knows it, and even if he were to forget, there are plenty of reminders. There are the surgical scars that now tattoo the American soccer star's body. There are the constant reminders from family and friends who never let him forget what he nearly lost, and what he has already overcome. Then there are the pictures burned into his memory of the mangled car he was pulled from after he survived a car crash that killed another passenger on Oct. 13. Davies, 23, sustained multiple serious injuries (a broken right femur and tibia, a broken left elbow, facial fractures and a lacerated bladder). The prognosis was that he would face an arduous six- to 12-month recovery and extensive rehabilitation. Charlie Davies hasn't ruled out recovering in time for the World Cup. The strongest reminders of how fortunate Davies is come from Davies himself as he pushes through what is shaping up to be a miraculous recovery from that laundry list of major injuries. Less than four months after the crash that threatened to end his promising career, Davies is already jogging at a good rate and working on agility drills that would have seemed impossible just weeks earlier, when simply getting out of a wheelchair was an exhausting exercise. What does this progress mean, exactly? It means that, barring any setbacks, Davies could be back on the field with club team FC Sochaux by April, meaning his chances of playing for the United States in June's World Cup should no longer be seen as a shattered dream. "Charlie is pretty much light years ahead of where anybody would tell you he should be," said Jim Hashimoto, the former U.S. national team trainer who is overseeing Davies rehabilitation. "When everybody heard about the accident, including myself, it was like, 'OK, this is going to be a long one' -- and it's still going to be a long one, but to see his progress is pretty amazing." soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/4856256/ce/us/davies-remarkable-path-recovery?cc=5901&ver=us
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