The diagnosis couldn't be permanent this early. Call me a deluded fool but I still think he's going to walk again one day. The kid is so tough and has so much support around him. It's probably just blind faith but it's probably all anyone has at the moment.
Not much to go on but someone posted this in the NRL forum, obviously to be taken a grain of salt since we have no real official word on anything yet:
To everybody posting, reposting and sharing posts about recent news regarding Alex McKinnon.
MMM did a extensive interview and update regarding this.
Alex McKinnon has NOT been told he will be a quadriplegic!
He has been told that at this stage the diagnosis is quadriplegia.
At this stage his spine has been stabilised. His spinal cord is significantly damaged BUT was not severed.
The next step is flying him to the spinal unit in Sydney where they will begin looking at his spinal cord and how they can treat it.
The damage to his spinal cord at present is resulting in quadriplegia - but this is not to say that this is permanent. It may well be - but the Doctors are certainly not there at this point. They haven't even begun!
It was also made clear that the Doctors in these cases only talk to patients and family IN THE PRESENT - as the issues are serious and they can make no promises or guarantees - they don't get ahead of themselves and try to not let patients get ahead of themselves one way or the other. They are staying in the now.
I don't see that sensationalised social media can help Alex or his family and friends - especially when it's going in a completely different direction to what the Doctors and Specialists are themselves taking with Alex and his family!
