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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:11 PM Dec 2020

Florida basketball player, Keyontae Johnson, is in a medically induced coma

Florida men's basketball player Keyontae Johnson is in a medically induced coma after collapsing during a game over the weekend, his grandfather, Larry DeJarnett, told USA TODAY Sports on Monday.

DeJarnett said in a phone interview that his grandson was transported to Gainesville, Florida on Monday after receiving his initial treatment in Tallahassee, where he collapsed early in Saturday's game between the Gators and Florida State.

DeJarnett said doctors hoped to bring Johnson out of the coma Monday afternoon.

"They’re just not sure," DeJarnett told USA TODAY Sports. "He may have had activity in the brain, so they induced the coma. They put him on medication to keep him sedated."



https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/sec/2020/12/14/florida-keyontae-johnson-medically-induced-coma-collapse/6545308002/


Here's the post with video the day he collapsed. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214701462

His grandfather said he wasn't sure if Keyontae had ever had COVID. Members of his team were quarantined and that's all he knows.



Does anybody know what this means "he may have had activity in the brain, so they induced the coma"?

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sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
2. Money Is More Important Than Lives
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:21 PM
Dec 2020

The show must go on. If someone gets sick, or dies, then they'll simply apologize, and say how much they did to protect the players and staff, and they can't understand how it happened.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
3. Happened to be watching when this happened.
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:22 PM
Dec 2020

Johnson had just scored and FSU called a time out. As they were getting ready to resume lay, Johnson collapsed.
Sure hope he is ok, but that sure was scary.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
6. My first thought was covid, but aren't athletes tested constantly?
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:26 PM
Dec 2020

Therefore I kind of thought it must be something else.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
8. According to a USA Today reporter other outlets confirmed that he had COVID during the summer.
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 06:34 PM
Dec 2020

Just saw that on Twitter . Could be myocarditis or something genetic. He's so young.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
9. Update: Keyontae is awake and following simple commands
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 11:40 PM
Dec 2020

University of Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson remains in critical but stable condition and is "following simple commands," according to a statement Monday from the school.

Johnson was successfully transported to UF Health in Gainesville, Florida, after spending the past two days at Tallahassee Memorial and is undergoing further tests, according to the school.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30520718/florida-keyontae-johnson-medically-induced-coma-grandfather-says

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. Did they describe the exactness of him following commands?
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 11:46 PM
Dec 2020

I remember the Terri Schiavo case from 2005. One of the big points of contention was whether or not she was responding to people. Some experts said yes, some said no.

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