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Cary player now in stable condition after collapse
Submitted by jmikeblake on 08/15/2009 - 00:06
Update, 1 p.m. Monday — Just got off the phone with Cary AD Kurt Glendenning. Said White has been able to move around a bit, although "walking is a relative term" at this stage.
No confirmation on the cause of collapse or if White will be cleard to play football again.
Glendenning didn't dismiss the notion of a pre-existing condition, and referred to the shortcoming of player physicals, saying "there's only so much you can determine from listening to a heart through a stethoscope for 30 seconds."
1 p.m. Saturday -- Coach Ben Kolstad said White is "improving drastically" and is in stable condition at WakeMed Hospital.
Kolstad also said that White was treated close to the end of the scrimmage, so while the scrimmage did not stop while White was being treated, the scrimmage was over shortly thereafter.
It was then coaches and players were aware of the severity of the incident.
Noon, Saturday — WakeMed Hospital has now confirmed White is in fair condition.
Although sources had said White was doing better this morning, the hospital had still listed him in critical.
Saturday, 1 a.m. — Cary sophomore Michael White, who collapsed Friday night during a preseason football scrimmage at Wakefield High, is listed in critical condition at WakeMed Hopsital as of 1 a.m.
Cary coach Ben Kolstad confirmed there were points in which White had stopped breathing and did not have a pulse. A defibrillator and CPR were both used to revive White at the scene.
Kolstad added that White was talking with teammates on the sidelines when he collapsed without warning.
White had been previously been listed in fair condition earlier in the night. We will continue updating this blog as the condition of White changes.
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J. Mike Blake has played against or covered teams in southern Wake County for six years. He is the Sports Editor for The Cary News and Southwest Wake News. He graduated from N.C. State in 2008. He loves getting young athletes' names in the paper, but hates hearing "CALL IT BOTH WAYS REF!!" 4,000 times every basketball game.
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