Z Gorres to remain in a coma in the coming days
by Scott Christ on Nov 14, 2009 10:12 AM EST
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Filipino boxer Z Gorres passed out last night following a win in Las Vegas, and was rushed to a hospital where emergency surgery was performed. A piece of Gorres' skull was removed to relieve pressure on his brain, and he was put into a medically-induced coma after the operation.
This morning, Ronnie Nathanielsz reports that Gorres will remain in the coma for several days.
The doctor attending to Gorres, critical care specialist Dr. Michael Seiss informed Filipino-American doctor Allan Recto that Gorres was in a medically-induced coma that would last for a few days and that "hopefully he will return to consciousness."
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Dr. Recto who is a respected ring physician of the World Boxing Council told philboxing.com "If an ordinary person, like you and me, will be in Gorres' condition the chances of survival is very slim. Only because Gorres is an athlete that he has more [of a] chance to survive."
Obviously this is a very serious situation, and not something that's going to be overcome easily. Gorres' boxing career is over, but right now that doesn't matter. We continue to send our best wishes to Gorres, his family and friends, and wish for nothing but the best.
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fingers crossed for him pulling through ok...
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'’ (Bernard Hopkins)
If any of you are praying folks, please do pray for Z. I didn’t know him well, but I had the honor of meeting him and working out side by side with him in LA a few years back. He’s such a gentle, humble guy, a soft-spoken country boy (“probinsiyano” as Filipinos would say), who, if he were not a fighter, really looked like a guy who wouldn’t hurt a fly. As SC mentioned, his career is virtually over, so he’ll have to find some other means to support his family. This terrible turn of events is just another reminder of what these guys put on the line every time they step through the ropes ( and I don’t know about you guys, but it’s at moments like this that I find myself feeling a little guilty for loving this game so much…). So yeah, prayers, good thoughts, statements of support, would all be appreciated.
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