AND High school wrestler in Georgia He is faced with a long recovery after having suffered a broken neck earlier this week in a “crash accident” during the national championship tournament.
Dominic Haines, older than Jefferson High School, suffered a broken neck in the last seconds of his quarterfinal match GHSA traditional state championship in wrestling Macon, GeorgiaThursday.
Dominic’s coach told Fox 5 that it was a “crushed accident”. (Mary Williford)
The assistant wrestling coach Matthew Seaman called him a “crushed accident”, saying Fox 5 Atlanta that it happened after his opponent made legal removal.
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“It’s a heart situation all in all for both sides, obviously for us, but definitely for this opponent who has done absolutely nothing wrong,” he said station.
“This has been working for him for years,” Seaman added. “The home appears through the Youth Program in Jefferson, the high school program and the high school program; this is a real family. This was his year, everything was gathering.”
Dominina’s father, Zach Haines, said his son slowly returned the feeling in the lower half. (Mary Williford)
Dominina’s father, Zach Haines, gave updates about his son’s condition in a series of Facebook posts.
Said after the accident, Dominic “did not feel from the shoulder down.”
Dominic was undergoing surgery on Thursday, which he said his father went “according to plan”.
In his latest social media update, Haines said his son showed positive signs of recovery with some feeling in his lower half. Dominic will undergo another surgery later this week “to connect the vertebrae from the back, because all the muscles and ligaments were completely torn,” his father said in a recent update.
Dominic competed last week in the quarterfinal match of GHSA traditional wrestling national championship. (Mary Williford)
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Haines said that if his son continued to progress, he could be transferred to the rehabilitation center for a week.
The Gofundme campaign for Dominic has raised more than $ 62,000 from Tuesday.
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