TO Georgia high school fighter He faces a long recovery after suffering a broken neck in a “strange accident” during a state championship tournament earlier this week.
Dominic Haines, a last year student of Jefferson High School, suffered a broken neck in recent seconds of his quarterfinal match of the GHSA traditional struggle championship in Macon, GeorgiaThursday.
Dominic’s coach told Fox 5 that it was a “strange accident.” (Mary Williford)
The wrestling coach, Matthew Seaman, described him as a “strange accident”, telling Fox 5 Atlanta that happened after his opponent made a legal demolition.
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“It is a general situation in general for both sides, obviously for us, but definitely for this opponent who did absolutely bad anything bad,” he said The station.
“This has been years in process for him,” Seaman added. “Dom has emerged through the youth program in Jefferson, the high school program and the high school program; this is a true family. This was its year, everything was joining.”
Dominic’s father, Zach Haines, said his son is slowly recovering the sensation in his lower half. (Mary Williford)
Dominic’s father, Zach Haines, provided updates on the condition of his son in a series of Facebook publications.
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He said that after the accident, Dominic “had no feeling of the shoulders down.”
Dominic underwent surgery on Thursday, which according to his father was “according to the plan.”
In his latest update on social networks, Haines said his son has shown positive recovery signs with some feelings in his lower half. Dominic will undergo another surgery at the end of this week “to merge the vertebrae of the back since the muscles and ligaments were completely torn,” said his father in a recent update.
Dominic was competing in a quarter -final match of the State Traditional Lighting Championship of GHSA last week. (Mary Williford)
Haines said that if his son continues to progress, he could be transferred to a rehabilitation center in a week.
A Gofundme campaign for Dominic has raised more than $ 62,000 until Tuesday.
