Re: OT: Please say a prayer for Kevin Everett
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Bills' Everett has surgery after severe neck injury
Associated Press
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills reserve tight end Kevin Everett had surgery on Sunday after injuring his spine against the Denver Broncos, and there is concern about whether he will be able to walk again.
"He's had some sparse movement," Everett's agent Brian Overstreet told The Associated Press in a phone interview late Sunday.
Overstreet spoke with the NFL Network's Adam Schefter on Monday morning and said doctors are "guardedly optimistic" about Everett's future.
Still, doctors are not expected to know whether Everett will ever walk or play again for the next 24-48 hours, Overstreet told Schefter.
"That’s the period in which they will get an indication," Overstreet said Monday morning. "This is the critical period. But they feel good, they feel guardedly optimistic."
Overstreet told Schefter that doctors removed bone chips during the two hours of emergency surgery Sunday. "Everyone seems upbeat and feels good about the surgery," Overstreet said. "Now we sit back and hope and pray."
"The next couple of days is going to be critical," said Overstreet, responding to a question about paralysis. "Our concern is for him to come out of this healthy and, hopefully, be able to walk again."
» Week 1 injuries Overstreet said Everett came out of a "lengthy surgery" Sunday evening and the plan was for his mother, Patricia Dugas, to arrive from Texas on Monday.
Everett fell to the ground and never moved after a helmet-to-chest hit when he tackled Denver's Domenik Hixon during a kickoff to open the second half. Everett was placed on a backboard with his head and body immobilized, and carefully loaded into an ambulance at the Broncos 30.
The game was delayed for about 15 minutes, and the Bills gathered at the sideline while doctors attended to the player.
