Sports Are Still Dangerous

Two major sports injuries happened this week, leaving 2 tremendous athletes in the hopsital, wondering what their future holds.
Today, Devon Walker from Tulane University broke his neck on a tackle and needed to be revived.  From ESPN: Tulane safety Devon Walker fractured his spine in a head-to-head collision with a teammate during a game in Tulsa, the team said Saturday.
A Tulane trainer said Walker also suffered a broken neck and a collapsed lung in the collision.
Walker was revived on the field and a tracheotomy was performed. Walker is in the emergency and trauma center at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa.
Tulane issued a statement Friday night on Walker's condition: "Devon Walker sustained a cervical spine fracture. He is at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa where he is in stable condition. Currently, he is in traction with a lot of swelling in his neck and he is undergoing treatment for the swelling. The current plan is for him to have surgery in the next one to two days. He is being treated by specialists. The Tulsa physicians did a great job taking care of Devon."
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8352006/tulane-safety-devon-walker-hospitalized-suffering-fractured-spine-broken-neck-collapsed-lung-hit
Then, on Wednesday, Brandon McCarthy, pitcher from the Oakland A's, was hit in the head by a line drive and he ended up with a broken skull and a brain hematoma and underwent emergency surgery.
From ESPN: Brandon McCarthy is back to his Twitter-happy self, a positive sign for the Oakland Athletics after the pitcher was struck in the head by a line drive this week.
The 29-year-old McCarthy underwent two hours of surgery late Wednesday to relieve pressure on the brain after the ball hit the right side of his head. He experienced an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture on the play off the bat of the Angels' Erick Aybar....
McCarthy is recovering in a Bay Area hospital, and might soon be moved to a transitional care unit in the building that is one step closer to a regular hospital room.
Paparesta said the first few days after a traumatic head injury are crucial.
"I'd give him one more day. I think with any head injury, you need to be cautious, and that's where we are," he said. "There is caution there. But the progress has been great and we're all very excited about it."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8353238/oakland-athletics-brandon-mccarthy-jokes-twitter
Both players will need prayers so that they may recover first and have no long term effects second.
But sports, no matter what it is, can be dangerous.  Very dangerous.