Jefferson High School wrestler Dominic Haines, who suffered a broken neck during a match Thursday at the state meet in Macon, is recovering from surgery and has feeling from his chest up, according to a Facebook post from his father updating his son’s condition.
Zach Haines said that his son is on a breathing tube and has a cage around his spinal cord to relieve pressure.
“He has bruising and swelling on the cord, and they’re hoping between the surgery, the meds and keeping his blood pressure elevated, that will subside in the next few says,” Zach Haines wrote.
The father said that his son woke briefly and tried to sit up.
“The boy is a fighter and I hope he keeps that spirit through this,’’ Zach Haines wrote.
More than $20,000 had been raised through a GoFundMe page set up to help with medical expenses.
The GoFundMe page indicated that Haines has been a state-qualifier for all four years on the varsity wrestling team.
Haines won his opening match Thursday and was injured during the 144-pound quarterfinals.
Jefferson entered Friday’s final round with a substantial lead in the Class 3A traditional wrestling meet. A championship would be the 25th in school history in the traditional wrestling format, which awards points for each round that a school’s wrestler advances in his weight division.
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