After nearly two months at Atlanta’s Shepherd Center, injured college football player Christion Abercrombie was able to return home for a few hours this weekend. So he watched football, his mother said.
“I’m so amazed and thankful for the miracle that God allowed in my son,” Staci Abercrombie posted on Twitter.
Christion Abercrombie, a Tennessee State University linebacker, was critically injured during a Sept. 29 game against Vanderbilt. He was rushed to nearby Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he underwent emergency surgery for a neurological injury. Following surgery, Abercrombie remained in critical condition for two weeks before he began breathing on his own.
Abercrombie, who played at Westlake High School, was transferred Oct. 17 to the Shepherd Center. Although the details on his injury have not been released, the Shepherd Center specializes in spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation, along with medical research.
Though Abercrombie has returned to Shepherd, he will again be able to leave temporarily Wednesday afternoon when he is honored at Westlake in Fulton County, his mother told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Staci Abercrombie previously said she and other family members attended the game and never saw her son get injured. She and her husband have drawn strength from their faith, along with the support of many from around the country.
After Abercrombie’s injury, the University of Georgia football team and coaches sent an autographed football, which his mom put next to his jersey and helmet in his hospital room.
