UPDATE: Pipkins taken to hospital for precautionary reasons

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Kyle Feldscher ‏@KFeldscherAAcom

Police scanner: Ambulance crews responded to Schembechler Hall minutes ago for a report of a football player with a spinal injury.

 

Thoughts and prayers

UPDATE:

Chantel Jennings ‏@ChantelJennings

Injured player was freshman DL Ondre Pipkins. Had movement of extremities was taken to hospital for precautionary reasons.

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Slippery Rock …

August 17th, 2012 at 1:36 PM ^

I hope for the best, and the fact that he's moving all 4 extremities makes it less likely that there was cord involvement, but it doesn't rule it out. Not at all. That being said, there are tons of people who present after a neck injury who turn out to have musculoskeletal problems and their spine is fine. No one can honestly know what's going on through the internetz.

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ajh

August 17th, 2012 at 10:44 AM ^

News of him being able to move his extremities is good-- spinal injuries can be seriously life threatening. Regardless of football, we can be thankful that this isn't any worse than it is.

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MGoRyan

August 17th, 2012 at 10:09 AM ^

I've had this happen before.  It is pretty scary when it happens, but you can recover pretty quickly. He'll be out a few days, and hopefully gets some reps in and feels better.There shouldn't be a rush to play him, but I'm sure he won't want to be on the sidelines for long.  Here's hoping he has a speedy recovery!!

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KAYSHIN15

August 17th, 2012 at 10:04 AM ^

Anything we as fans were looking forward to this season. Who cares about schedules, depth charts, rankings or anything sports related at this point. This is about life and really demonstrates how unimportant everything else is. I know we are all on the same page when we say regardless of who this kid is, we are hoping all is well.

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firrman

August 17th, 2012 at 10:04 AM ^

They are saying it is Ondre Pipkins... moving all extremities, hopefully it is just for precautionary reasons, and pray for Pipkins to recover quickly. God Bless

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jblaze

August 17th, 2012 at 10:07 AM ^


"Tremendous



Ondre Pipkins was taken into the hospital today with neck injuries. He is moving all of his extremities and was taken for precautionary reasons. Keep the big man in your thoughts. "


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triangle_M

August 17th, 2012 at 10:09 AM ^

Well thankfully he's moving everything.  There's not a lot that can be said here.  Football is a dangerous sport.  Hopefully he makes a full recovery.

 

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flysociety3

August 17th, 2012 at 10:09 AM ^

Damn... regardless of what the injury to Pip actually is at this point, its just scary to think you could wake up and go to practice and in the blink of an eye, your season, career, and life could be changed from one play....

I've talked to Ondre in the past, and he couldnt be a more positive and hard-working kid... I know that if the injury allows him, he'll be fighting his ass off to get back to crushing opposing teams....

Get well soon, Pee Wee

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WolverineJet

August 17th, 2012 at 10:11 AM ^

I feel that with a neck injury they may need to tell him to sit out this year take a redshirt and let them test him over the season to make sure there will be no lingering injury.  Football does not matter at this point dont need him back out there to possibly do further damage.

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Bluemandew

August 17th, 2012 at 10:16 AM ^

I agree with the proceed with caution sentiment you have in your post and Pee Wee's health is the most important thing. But I would let the dr's Pee Wee his family and the coaches figure out when he can play again. It all depends on information we don't have access to such as severity of injury and things like that.

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Frank Drebin

August 17th, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^

Prayers to Ondre. As much as I look forward to seeing him play in the Big House, that all takes a back seat this morning. Get better and take care of your health first and foremost. Glad to hear it doesn't sound too serious.

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denardogasm

August 17th, 2012 at 12:10 PM ^

What happened to Andre? Also, who is Andre? Not a spelling nazi but player names are a little more important and the name is all over the thread. This is how angry young men like Tom Gholston are created. We dont need any more of him.

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Mr. Rager

August 17th, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^

Prayers for Pipkins.... damn... these are the things in life that really matter, sometimes we complain about the meaningless stuff and it takes issues like this to realize what is really important.  

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Perkis-Size Me

August 17th, 2012 at 10:44 AM ^

Good to hear that he's got movement in all his limbs. Its times like this where hopefully we all forget about what this means for the football team, and just hope that he's going to be okay.

Take all the time you need, Pip, but hope you make it back soon. There's O-Line shredding to be done.

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gopoohgo

August 17th, 2012 at 11:00 AM ^

Best case scenario is a stinger, and if he continues to be symptomatic (persistent extremity tingling), he may be out for Bama.

Worse case scenario, congenital stenosis with a bit of myelomalacia on MRI (born with a narrow spinal cord, signs of spinal cord damage on C-spine); prophylactic laminoplasty, probable career ending.

Even worse scenario; central cord syndrome from hyperextension injury, without ligamentous/vertebral body involvement (upper>lower extremity paralysis, can have normal MRI of vertebral/ligamentous structures).

Worst case scenario: jumped facet, paralysis, fusion.

UM has great neurosurgeons, and a great rehab program

Due diligence; MD, work with spines, UMH grad.

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Boston_Blue

August 17th, 2012 at 11:54 AM ^

than medical opinions based on twitter.

Other than impressing us with your impressive use of medical terminology, what is the purpose of this differential of yours? 

I hope PeeWee is fine.  I also hope that you, Heiko, and anyone else so inclined will in the future refrain from making, or at least sharing, medical opinions without having any clue what is actually going on with the patient. 

Due diligence: also an MD, remember from med school that following someone on twitter is not a standard part of the H&P

 

 

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gopoohgo

August 17th, 2012 at 12:40 PM ^

*shrug* your opinion.  Some may want it, others may not.

Typically if someone is being put on a board with a restrained C-spine, odds are minimum a LOC on the field.  Not sure why people on twitter monitor the AAFD/PDs CBs, but when 'possible SCI' is being stated on folks twitter/news/etc (and I posted a couple hours after it broke), it's a pretty specific differential for a football player.

Would I give a deposition based on twitter sx? hell no.  Can I reasonably give a differential based on a 300# football lineman, with a FD/ambulance report of a SCI?  Sure.

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