Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett Making Progress, Still Has Long Way to Go for Full Recovery

Sophisticated medical techniques and smart doctors have done a great deal for Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, who suffered a near-fatal spinal cord injury during the first weekend of the NFL season but is now back on his feet. But as Everett described in an interview on ESPN's Jim Rome Is Burning, he still has a long way to go to make a full recovery:

Everett says he still has "very little feeling in my hand" and adds, "My feet are still somewhat numb." He has a long way to go before he's living a completely normal life.

But Everett is working hard in his physical therapy, and while he does that, he deserves credit for the way he's deflecting attention from himself and giving attention to the advanced medicine that has helped him. Doctors on the scene induced hypothermia by injecting Everett with cold saline, and Everett said, "I really do think the hypothermia machine helped me a lot."

Everett still needs a lot of help. But every step he takes is a big one.