Jonty Evans ....

This is just fabulous news. And a LOT less guarded than other updates. I think he is defying expectations. Hurray!!!!
 
Great news! From someone not into eventing it is still never nice when one of own (horsey people) gets injured!

Oaksey House would do him the world of good when the time is right!
 
It is good news, I was really pleased to read that earlier. The support for Jonty has been huge, it seems like it is even bigger than the incredible support that Ben Hobday had. I hope he gets everything he needs to recover and build his strength.
 
Way to go Jonty! So happy on hearing the news. His family have been through the wringer and back. I am sending all positive vibes that way. Big clap on the back for all the medical staff involved.
 
Fantastic news.
It may still be a long road to recovery, the other week I googled Michael Schumacher recover (following his skiing accident). It seems to be taking quite a while.
 
little_critter said:
Fantastic news.
It may still be a long road to recovery, the other week I googled Michael Schumacher recover (following his skiing accident). It seems to be taking quite a while.
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Michael Schumacher was in a coma for months and there have never been reports from his family that suggest much meaningul recovery. Jonty is clearly doing a lot better than that already and thank Goodness for that.
 
little_critter said:
Fantastic news.
It may still be a long road to recovery, the other week I googled Michael Schumacher recover (following his skiing accident). It seems to be taking quite a while.
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According to all official reports, Schumacher has never regained consciousness and never interacted with his family. It took him five months to come out of a coma, possibly into a vegetative state (there's a technical difference there including presence of a sleep-wake cycle, but neither are awake or aware). We're 1.5 months from accident with Jonty and he's conscious and capable of interaction.

There are other significant differences between the two - Schumacher initially picked himself up and looked fine, delaying the start of treatment (there's a "golden hour" with head trauma and the prognosis is so much better if treatment is started within it) whereas Jonty received immediate treatment.

Schumacher underwent surgery to deal with multiple brain bleeds, and as far as we know Jonty hasn't needed surgery.

Jonty's family are also being incredibly open with updates as well, whereas Schumacher's family was incredibly guarded (which is understandable - Schumacher
always fiercely guarded his family from the media, and some pretty horrific things were done by journalists in the first year - dressing as nuns to break into his hospital room, stealing his medical records etc). Most of what is out there about Michael now is tabloid rumours from gutter trash; there hasn't been an official update for years.

In short, even from the outside the two of them aren't that similar. The first six months are incredibly important in recovery, and it looks like Jonty's made the biggest step only 6-7 weeks in. Incredibly positive news, with plenty of time and room for big steps in recovery from here.
 
As I say, I googled Michael the other week while the reports on Jonty said he was still in a coma. Thankfully Jonty has now made a massive step forward in his recovery. But it may still be a little while before we see him out and about competing. I wish him all the best for a speedy recovery.
 
I too was really happy to read about his recent improvement. We have amazing facilities thanks to Injured Jockey Fund and Mark Davis to aid his rehabilitation once he can come home.
 
Someone termed it well on his Facebook page, it was something like Jonty's finally out of the start box after a hold on the course, but has a lot of big challenges and obstacles on the course ahead of him before he crosses the finish line.

I know two people that have been unconcious as long or longer than Jonty was. They both have normal lives. It wasn't always easy getting there, but they did.
 
Did anyone else notice that he woke up shortly after it was announced that Art was moving to another yard?
 
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Who knows he could of woke up before and gave permission for art to move... the horse has gone to stay in work and stay fit... maybe Jonty has some plan to get going as soon as possible! Unlikely but nice if that's the case.
 
Really positive update, and so encouraging to see a quote straight from the horse's mouth, excuse the pun.
The fact that they've said the long-term outlook is "encouraging" is a world away from some of the earlier updates - so delighted to read this. Well done to Jonty, his family and all the teams of specialists working around him.
 
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