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Post by 221dayton on Nov 14, 2013 13:23:06 GMT -5
Mitch Abramson NEW YORK DAILY NEWS November 13, 2013
After receiving a diagnosis of almost certain death, the condition of brain-damaged heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov has now improved to the point where doctors are ready to "wake him up" from his medically induced coma, his promoter told the Daily News on Wednesday. After undergoing a CAT-scan, doctors at St. Luke's Hospital, where Abdusalamov remains on life support, have revised their initial forecast and are hoping to arouse him from his coma by the end of the week, his promoter, Nathan Lewkowicz, said in a phone interview.
Abdusalamov, 32, was hospitalized after his brutal fight on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden against Mike Perez, apparently suffering a broken nose, cheek-bone and left hand in the course of the match. He left the ring under his own power, but Abdusalamov was found to have swelling and a blood clot on his brain later that night at the hospital, and doctors removed part of his skull to lessen the distension. Doctors weren't optimistic about his recovery in the days that followed, predicting he would die last week, Lewkowicz said. But they're now striking a different, more positive note, he said
"[The doctors] are saying that he seems to be progressing nicely and they're hoping to wake him up in the next two or three days," Lewkowicz said. "That's a big improvement from last week when they didn't think he was going to make it, where there was almost a 100% chance he would die."
Doctors have credited his recovery to his conditioning as a fighter and his relative youth, Lewkowicz said after he visited the hospital on Tuesday. He tweeted out the improved diagnosis on his Twitter account. But Lewkowicz said doctors are unsure of the state he will be in once he wakes up from the coma.
"They're going to see how his motor skills are," he said. "It could be a long road to recovery. Hopefully it's going to be a situation where he gets better and it's like nothing happened. He could be blind- a lot of things could happen to him when he wakes up. But last week they were giving him no chance of surviving."
Abdusalamov's wife, Bakanay, is in the process of moving from Florida to live with a cousin in Connecticut to be closer to Abdusalamov, Lewkowicz said.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Nov 14, 2013 14:33:04 GMT -5
man. That is definitely a tough guy. Dont know when he broke his hand. But the other damage was done early in the fight & he fought through all of it. Does any one know if his brain was without oxygen for any length of time or not?
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Post by Fast Eddie on Nov 14, 2013 16:24:58 GMT -5
man. That is definitely a tough guy. Dont know when he broke his hand. But the other damage was done early in the fight & he fought through all of it. Does any one know if his brain was without oxygen for any length of time or not? I don't think so because he was conscious when he got to the hospital and if he stopped breathing there they would have put him on a respirator. I wonder how much of his skull was removed? Will they be patching it in the future? But you are right. One tough guy.
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 15, 2013 10:56:09 GMT -5
I have seen a couple articles saying that Abdusalamov's condition has improved and that when doctors tested his pain reflex on his arm the unconscious fighter swatted at the pain, which is an extremely good sign.
Most of the articles were just a rehash of what we already have.
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 18, 2013 15:18:01 GMT -5
Mitch Abramson NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, November 17, 2013, 9:35 PM
Magomed Abdusalamov remains in a coma despite original plans to rouse him from his medically-induced state on Saturday.
The attempted awakening of brain-damaged heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov from his medically-induced coma didn’t happen on Saturday.
Doctors were hoping to rouse Abdusalamov after he moved his right arm slightly on Friday during a test of his motor skills at St. Luke’s Hospital, where he has remained in intensive care since his brutal fight with Mike Perez on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden. But doctors revised that scenario, deciding he wasn’t prepared to be taken off life support and stirred from his coma, his promoter, Nathan Lewkowicz said in a phone interview.
“They didn’t think he was ready yet,” Lewkowicz said on Sunday. “They didn’t want to risk his body going into shock. I think they want to wait a day or two before they try and take him out of his coma. But they’re hopeful. They feel like he’s making progress. They pinched his arm on Friday and he slid his arm away slightly so that’s a good sign.”
Doctors also removed “vacuum tubing” from his head, an indicator that swelling on his brain has tapered off, Lewkowicz said.
He also said that proceeds “well over six figures” have been raised by the boxing community and outside supporters to go toward his exorbitant medical expenses.
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Post by 221dayton on Nov 23, 2013 12:58:58 GMT -5
Mitch Abramson NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, November 22, 2013, 6:33 PM
The brain-damaged boxer who was beaten severely in a Nov. 2 fight at Madison Square Garden awoke briefly from his coma and was taken off life support and was breathing on his own on Thursday. But on Friday, just when it seemed like his condition was on the upswing, Magomed Abdusalamov, the heavyweight boxer dubbed "Russian Tyson" suffered a setback when his temperature rose suddenly to 103, forcing doctors to place him back in a medically induced coma and on life support, his promoter said.
Abdusalamov, 32, showed improvement on Thursday, opening his right eye and moving his right foot, causing doctors to take him off a respirator while in the intensive care unit of St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan, Nathan Lewkowicz revealed in a text message on Friday afternoon.
"He's out of the coma officially," Lewkowicz said. "I guess we wait and see how he progresses."
As to what happens next, Lewkowicz remained cautiously optimistic while the doctors "monitor his progress." But considering "3 weeks ago they thought he wasn't going to live," the news was extremely encouraging, he wrote.
But several hours later on Friday, Abdusalamov's condition took a turn for the worse when his temperature increased, forcing doctors to put him back in a coma.
"It's pretty crabby," Lewkowicz said in a phone interview on Friday evening. "Now we're back to the waiting game. I get the good news two hours ago and now the bad news."
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Post by 221dayton on Dec 3, 2013 18:54:26 GMT -5
Lem Satterfield The RING 12/3/13
Nathan Lewkowicz, a promoter of Magomed "Mago" Abdusalamov, told RingTV.com that the 32-year-old heavyweight's condition is largely unchanged since the fighter was returned to life support last month following a rise in temprature after having been briefly awakened from his medically induced coma and taken off the respirator at St. Luke's Hospital in New York.
Lewkowicz also disputed a recent report that Magomed lost the battle for his life.
"He's still in critical condition. He's had a few tempratures. I saw that there was an article written on some Argentinian website that he had passed away and that's false, and I'm sure that's what you're calling about," said Lekowicz.
"That's false information. His condition is the same, it's just that his temprature keeps going up, but they've been able to regulate it. I spoke to his cousin about 30 minutes ago, and according to his cousin, it went up about two days ago. His cousin said that's been an ongoing issue. We're just keeping him in our prayers and wishing him a successful recovery."
After having been awakened, Lewkowicz said that the fighter had been "breathing on his own," had "opened his right eye," and had the ability to "move his right foot," following a vicious battle with Mike Perez on Nov. 2.
Doctors had elected to wake up Abdusalamov after he began "to respond positively" following surgery and being placed in the coma as a result of a blood clot that had formed in his brain during his 10-round loss to Perez.
Abdusalamov had to have emergency surgery to remove the blood clot. The fight, which took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, was also broadcast worldwide on HBO
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Post by 221dayton on Dec 14, 2013 9:03:30 GMT -5
Dan Rafael ESPN December 9, 2013
Injured heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov has been taken out of a medically induced coma and is in good enough condition that he will be moved out of intensive care and into a regular hospital room, promoter Nathan Lewkowicz told ESPN.com on Monday night.
Abdusalamov suffered a serious brain injury during a brutal, 10-round decision loss to Mike Perez on Nov. 2 in an HBO-televised fight at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Within a couple of hours of the fight, the 32-year-old Abdusalamov, a married father of three young daughters, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in New York, where he had surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain.
Doctors initially thought Abdusalamov was going to die but after the surgery he was placed into a medically induced coma to give swelling in the brain time to subside. Shortly after being put in the coma, Abdusalamov suffered a stroke, further dimming his chances for survival.
But he made progress, and in late November, Abdusalamov began breathing on his own and was eventually roused from the coma, but only briefly. His temperature shot up to 103 degrees and he was put back into the coma, where he remained until this past weekend.
Lewkowicz said he was briefed on Abdusalamov's condition on Monday by Dr. Rup Swarup, the neurosurgeon handling the case.
"The doctor told me he is out of the coma and awake and that he is aware of his surroundings, and they are moving him to a regular room (on Tuesday)," Lewkowicz said. "They said this is different than last time (he was taken out of the coma) because this time he's showing more improvement.
"He's awake. He's not able to speak but he's awake and aware of his surroundings even if he can't speak. His eyes are open.
"He said they won't know how his brain is until 18 months after the injury, but it's only been a month and his brain is still healing. The doctor said he most likely will have some limb dysfunction, but they don't exactly what it will mean. He was on death's doorstep when they brought him in after the fight, but the fact that he was young and healthy made all the difference. He's making progress. He's going to live but they don't know what his limitations are going to be."
During the fight, Abdusalamov also suffered a broken nose, broken hand, cuts and bruises. When he began to have a headache and vomited after the bout, his team took him to the hospital. After arriving, he had a CT scan, which revealed the blood clot and was rushed into surgery.
The Abdusalamov camp has raised questions about whether the New York State Athletic Commission properly examined him after the fight, and the New York State Inspector General is investigating the situation.
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Post by 221dayton on Dec 19, 2013 10:02:22 GMT -5
Michael Woods ESPNNewYork.com
NEW YORK -- The neurosurgeon attending to heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov, who sustained life-threatening injuries in a Nov. 2 bout at Madison Square Garden Theater, has told ESPNNewYork.com that the Russian-born boxer will not fight again despite his condition improving.
"He's going to get better, I'm confident," Dr. Rupendra Swarup said Wednesday, "but he will not be the same. He's going to have neurological deficits."
Abdusalamov, who was put in a medically induced coma following brain surgery to remove a blood clot suffered the night of the bout, is no longer comatose, can open his eyes and can breathe on his own.
The 32-year-old, known as "Mago," was hurt in a 10-round faceoff with Mike Perez in a clash of heavyweight prospects vying to rise to contender status. Abdusalamov will be taken from Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan to a rehabilitation facility in New Jersey as early as Thursday.
"When the patient came in, he was almost dead," said Swarup, the director of the neurosurgical intensive care unit at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. "From that point of view, he's come a very long way."
Married and the father of three daughters, Abdusalamov reacts with his eyes when someone shows him video of his girls on a phone, his brother, Abdusalam, said Wednesday.
Russian boxing promoter Andrey Ryabinsky will foot the bill for at least two months of rehab, said Nathan Lewkowicz, the son of Abdusalamov's promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, in addition to covering the hospital bills.
"Rehab is $3,000 a day," Nathan Lewkowicz said. "Ryabinsky is stepping up and helping out the family."
Abdusalam Abdusalamov said the tragedy has been hard on the entire family and that their parents have been heavily affected by the events. Of Mago, the brother said, via an app on his phone that translated Russian to English, "He very much loves his daughters; he never imagined himself in such a situation. He always said boxing is his life."
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Post by 221dayton on Dec 20, 2013 11:05:43 GMT -5
ESPN's Michael Woods was allowed to go into Abdusalamov's hospital room by the fighter's brother Abdusalem and spent some time there. This is what he wrote. It is not very encouraging. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/19/2013
“No Left Bone Flap” reads a sign above Magomed Abdusalamov, who used to be a sturdy-looking man, with exemplary posture and a collection of muscles that suggested he put them to use frequently and successfully. He's lying in a bed at Roosevelt Hospital, in Manhattan, in the space reserved for patients who have suffered neurological damage.
There is a considerable indentation in Mago’s skull on that left side, which his younger brother Abdusalam avoids as he presses his left hand to his older brother’s brow, to check for fever.
It is 46 days since Mago, a Russian born and bred heavyweight boxer, stepped into the ring at the Madison Square Garden Theater in Manhattan against Cuban Mike Perez and left a changed man.
Today, Mago, 32 years old, lies in a bed at Roosevelt, which has a trauma center, the one Mago was rushed to when he began to vomit. It was not that long after losing a 10-round unanimous decision to Perez.
Mago very nearly lost his life. There is hope he will continue to show improvement. So I didn't feel the level of sadness and despair that I had anticipated when I stepped into his room on the neuro unit Wednesday night. I was ushered in by the 28-year-old Abdusalam, who speaks just a bit of English.
I spent a few hours in that room, pondering Mago’s future, and the future of boxing, and left with mixed emotions. Mostly I felt the devotion and purity of love that Mago’s brother showed in that hospital room. It overrode any sorrow or hopelessness that crept into my head.
An old man shared the room with Mago, and there were some cards and flowers next to his bed. Next to Mago’s bed is a helmet hanging on a pole, which also holds the liquid nourishment feeding him intravenously. That helmet will be put to use when he is transferred to a rehab facility in New Jersey perhaps as early as Thursday, where he'll be getting treatment in hopes that he will regain the ability to walk and talk.
No. He'll never fight again.
Mago’s eyes open, intermittently. His chest rises and falls. There is a tube running from his neck to a machine to his right. He is breathing on his own, though, no longer attached to a ventilator. The ventilator was necessary after he arrived at the hospital postfight with a blood clot and subdural hematoma in his brain.
He has lost weight and muscle mass since he showed that warrior physique and resolve, when he was still looking to land that one game-changer left hand in the waning seconds of his fight with Perez. His pupils are fixed on the ceiling, and he swallows.
Once every 20 or so minutes, the little brother -- there are seven Abdusalamov children, two men and five women -- walks to Mago’s side. With his left hand, he touches the damaged man’s forehead, monitoring his body temperature. During the course of my visit, the brother proves himself to be invested heavily in the care of Mago. Abdusalam, who has boxed but told me he will never again lace on the gloves, doesn’t speak while he takes a tissue smeared with anti-bacterial liquid and wipes Mago’s face. He does so tenderly, the same way he wipes Mago’s lips with another tissue smeared with moisturizing lotion.
“Mago,” he sometimes says to his big bro, testing his response. Mago doesn’t respond, not vocally anyway, though that’s not to say he isn’t aware of things going on in the room. Little brother tells me Mago follows motion with his right pupil, and I am pleased to note I saw Mago follow motion with his left pupil late in my visit, when Abdusalam moved his palm from left to right, in front of Mago’s face, testing the response.
"How are you doing?" I ask the brother early in my visit.
“Sad,” he admits. “Morning, day, night here. Sleep, no.”
Mago’s wife Bakanay visits from Connecticut, where she’s staying with their children, ages 6, 4 and 11 months. The kids haven’t visited Mago. It wouldn’t be right for them to see him in this condition. Abdusalam makes a motion, wiping his eyes with his hand, the universal symbol for weeping. Visiting would be too traumatic for them.
The brother and I make each other understood. The back and forth is aided when he uses an app on his phone to translate from Russian to English. “Mago very much loves his daughters. He never imagined himself in such a situation,” Abdusalam typed. “He always said boxing is my life.”
Now, after the brain damage, his life is not about boxing. But yes, it will still be about fighting. He will need weeks, maybe months, of rehab and the caring soul of a neurologist at Roosevelt. Dr. Rupendra Swarup, director of the neurosurgical ICU, said he is hopeful that Mago will continue to improve.
“He’s going to get better. I’m confident,” Swarup said. “But he will not be the same. He’s going to have neurological deficits.”
The indentation in his head told me that, I guess.
I don’t fall into a depressed state from my visit. I couldn’t, not when I was so awed by Abdusalam. I watch as little bro wipes some oil on his hands, lifts the blanket and begins rubbing it on Mago’s feet. A nurse comes in, observes the caregiving and says, “You’re a good brother.”
Late in the visit, I ask Abdusalam if Mago was a good big brother.
“Very good brother. Brother. Friend.”
In all that time, he never so much as tears up. He admits the experience is rough, but there’s no self-pity in his voice or body language. I am grateful he allowed me in to see Mago and want to give him something in return. “Can I get you something to eat?” I ask, making a fork-to-mouth motion.
“I OK,” he says. “Thank you. I cannot leave brother for a moment.”
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Dec 20, 2013 11:43:44 GMT -5
man that's rough.
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Post by 221dayton on Dec 20, 2013 11:49:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess there has been worse, but I can't remember it.
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Post by Exit 81 on Dec 23, 2013 17:54:46 GMT -5
I read where he was supposed to be transferred to a rehab. hospital today.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Dec 23, 2013 18:43:43 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess there has been worse, but I can't remember it. excluding fighters that died in the ring, Gerald McClellan's fight with Nigel Benn was another great fight that ended up pretty tragic for McClellan. Don't know how much Abdusalamov will recover or be damaged permanently just yet, but McClellan ended up with brain damage.
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Post by 221dayton on Dec 25, 2013 17:57:08 GMT -5
Dan Rafael ESPN
Heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov was moved on Tuesday from a New York hospital, where he's been since suffering a traumatic brain injury during a Nov. 2 fight, to a rehabilitation facility, promoter Nathan Lewkowicz told ESPN.com on Wednesday.
Abdusalamov had been at Roosevelt Hospital since being injured in a brutal 10-round loss by unanimous decision to Mike Perez at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Since then, Abdusalamov's condition has improved and eventually he was taken out of the coma. Although it is unclear as to the extent of permanent damage Abdusalamov has suffered
He was moved to Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, N.Y., a 105-acre facility on the Hudson River about 35 minutes north of New York City.
Lewkowicz said Abdusalamov, who has lost considerable weight and is unable to speak or walk, will probably be at the facility for about three months.
Although it costs $51,000 a month to live at the rehab facility, Lewkowicz said much of the bill is being paid for by Andrey Ryabinsky, a Russian business magnate and boxing promoter who volunteered to assist Abdusalamov.
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