{"id":10282,"date":"2022-04-05T09:13:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10282"},"modified":"2022-04-05T09:13:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:13:49","slug":"they-wouldnt-let-me-get-up-off-the-bed-collar-on-straight-away-that-was-the-scariest-part-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10282","title":{"rendered":"‘They wouldn\u2019t let me get up off the bed, collar on straight away. That was the scariest part of it’"},"content":{"rendered":"
IT WAS SHORTLY before midday yesterday when Eoghan Donnellan received the news that he\u2019d been waiting for.<\/p>\n
He was free to leave the National Spinal injuries unit at Dublin\u2019s Mater Hospital \u2013 and thankfully able to walk out of there.<\/p>\n
As Ballyea were busy collecting a very first Clare senior hurling title last Sunday, 23-year-old Donnellan was confined to a ward in Limerick\u2019s regional hospital, recovering from the effects of a terrifying training ground injury.<\/p>\n
It happened last Friday week during a practice match, as Donnellan recalls: \u201cI remember it. One of the balls went in, fell out of my hand and as I went to pick it up, I turned to my right at the same time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a split second thing, as I received a shoulder into the head and my head went down, I fell backwards and felt the shock through my left hand side.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remarkably, Donnellan picked himself up and continued, thinking that it was merely a muscular problem.<\/p>\n
But when the area became swollen, he made a trip to A & E for an x-ray.<\/p>\n
He was sent home but called back the next morning, as a specialist had noted something in his scans to concern him.<\/p>\n
When Donnellan arrived back to the Regional, he was placed in a protective collar immediately, and underwent further tests, CAT and MRI scans.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was scary then,\u201d admits Donnellan, who plays club football with Clondegad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey wouldn\u2019t let me get up off the bed, collar on straight away. That was the scariest part of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo fractured vertebrae on my left hand side.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the following Wednesday, Donnellan was informed that he would probably have to undergo surgery at Dublin\u2019s Mater Hospital, but the next few days were spent waiting for an available bed.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, he tuned into Clare FM and listened as Ballyea beat Clonlara in a replay to lift the Canon Hamilton Cup.<\/p>\n
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Grandfather needed a strong brandy after that yesterday, you know how it is #blackandyellow #thetoughest #Ballyea<\/p>\n