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The Kevin Everett Story
Triumph Books
February 2008
On Sale: February 1, 2008
224 pages
ISBN: 1600781411
EAN: 9781600781414
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In a matter of a few
seconds, a strong, promising young Buffalo Bills player lay
paralyzed
and very mortal after a violent collision on the second-half
kickoff
return during the opening weekend of the 2007 NFL season. Kevin
Everett, second-year tight end and special team's player, went
helmet-to-helmet with Denver Broncos return man, Domenik
Hixon, with
all the force a 6'4", 260-pound 25-year-old can muster while
running
downfield full-bore. Fate was on Kevin's side. Only a few
days prior,
the medical-training staff had practiced a spinal-cord drill
supervised
by Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, an orthopedic surgeon. Dr.
Cappuccino was on
the sidelines during this game as a regular member of the
Buffalo Bills
medical staff, one of the few NFL teams to be so staffed.
Cappuccino
determined that Everett was quadriplegic, as he lay on the
field of
Ralph Wilson Stadium. And so began a real-life drill.
With controversial and aggressive medical care, Kevin
began a
tougher challenge than any Sunday-football warrior faces; he
was in a
fight for his life and faculties. Dr. Cappuccino employed a
daring,
debated, but not scientifically proven, hypothermic method
of treating
Everett's paralysis. Kevin's body temperature was lowered to
93.8
degrees to prevent further damage from neurological
swelling. Yet
within twelve days, during which Dr. Cappuccino risked his
medical
career in order to look Kevin in the eye knowing he did
everything to
help him, Everett was flown to Houston (his home) to begin
rehab. Less
than a month later he would be walking with assistance.
This remarkable and heart-warming story is not just about a
doctor and
his patient; it is about the love of a family and a fiance
who have
been at Everett's side throughout his grueling
rehabilitation. It is a
story of Kevin's strength of will and his determination to
regain his
life. There is also an unfinished story of new beginnings
and coming to
inner peace, as Everett contemplates his rehabilitation,
future health,
and life after NFL football. This amazing story of recovery
begins with
Kevin's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, where he will tell
Oprah's national audience the dramatic saga.
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