Father of injured Bremen High football player shares positive update about his son
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BREMEN, Ga. – Carson Kimball, quarterback for the Bremen High School football team, continues to recover after suffering a serious injury during last Friday’s game against rival Bowdon High.
Paramedics took Carson to Grady Memorial Hospital for a severe spinal cord injury after he was attacked during the game. The high school athlete underwent surgery and slowly regained feeling after his family reported he had no feeling in his legs.
On Tuesday evening, Carson’s father Randy gave an update on his son’s condition, saying that while Carson is not out of the woods yet, his condition continues to recover.
“(Carson) was able to sit upright after three days on his back. He was feeling good and in good spirits. He had ‘vibrations’ in his legs and passed the Babinski test, which shows a toe reflex,” Carson’s father, Randy Kimball, posted on Facebook. “It’s day by day and he continues to make good progress.”
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High school football quarterback recovers from serious injury
A Bremen High School football player is recovering at Grady Hospital after suffering a serious injury during a football game. According to his principal, he suffered a spinal injury and currently has no feeling from the waist down. FOX 5’s Eric Mock reports.
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After Friday night’s horrific ordeal, Carson had to undergo emergency surgery on Saturday to replace vertebrae in his neck with titanium. Dozens of people have donated to the family’s soda shop, Sips Soda, in Carrollton to show their support, while others have organized several fundraisers and a GoFundMe campaign to help with medical bills.
More than $47,000 has been raised so far.
“I personally believe that when thousands of people pray and ask God for the same thing, He, in His immense and unconditional love for His children, says, ‘I HEAR YOU.’ What father or mother whose children cry out to them in distress, whether they have been good or bad, what loving parent turns away from that,” Randy Kimball continued. “That doesn’t happen! The Lord’s compassion is eternal and His mercy is endless. There are no conditions to His love, tenderness and everlasting love. He hears the prayers of all of you. God is a mighty God, stop and see what He is doing for that boy!”
FOX 5 will continue to keep you updated on Carson’s condition.
