Fabrice Muamba

[Heero Yuy]

So good to hear hes making a recovery.

[Guest chap44uns]

HOUR GWOD IZ GOUUD

[Francis Coquelin]

changed his tune real quick

[Mr. Gayle]

Smiling from his hospital bed: First picture of Fabrice Muamba just weeks after collapsing on pitch with heart attack

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/crime/smiling-from-his-hospital-bed-first-picture-of-fabrice-muamba-just-weeks-after-collapsing-on-pitch-with-heart-attack-7602793.html

[Lieutenant]

[Yoshie]

That's amazing.

Still can't believe it.

The 23-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest on the White Hart Lane pitch during his side’s FA Cup quarter-final clash and was effectively “dead” for 78 minutes.

[Rsonist]

Fabrice Muamba walking as cardiac arrest recovery continues

Fabrice Muamba has walked for the first time since suffering a cardiac arrest as his condition continues to improve.

"He's taking steps, talking and has that big smile we love to see. He is progressing the right way," said Owen Coyle, the player's manager at Bolton.

Former England Under-21 international Muamba was technically "dead" for 78 minutes after collapsing in Wanderers' FA Cup tie at Tottenham last month.

Muamba collapse - events of 17 March

• 1813 GMT: Muamba collapses on the pitch due to a cardiac arrest 41 minutes into Bolton's FA Cup quarter-final with Tottenham at White Hart Lane
  

• 1819 GMT: Medics move Muamba to an ambulance after failing to revive him on the pitch in front of a stunned crowd
  

• 1901 GMT: Muamba arrives at the London Chest Hospital
  

• 1931 GMT: Muamba receives 15 defibrillator shocks in total before his heart starts beating again
  

Muamba, who turns 24 on Friday, remains in intensive care at a London hospital.

"He has done some short periods of walking down the corridor he is in as part of the unit, staying in intensive care," added Coyle.

The midfielder collapsed on the White Hart Lane pitch during the quarter-final match on 17 March and was given 15 defibrillator shocks before he reached hospital.

Muamba, whose family posted the first public picture of him on Twitter from his hospital room last week, has received thousands of get-well messages from players, officials and supporters across the world.

Bolton chairman Phil Gartside and club doctor Jonathan Tobin have visited the player at the London Chest Hospital this week.

Coyle said: "A couple of players have been sending him messages and we are keeping in touch. It has been great to see that smile and he continues to get better.

"We have to stress that he still has a long way to go, but the improvement has been remarkable and long may that continue."

[Afroman]

Discharged!!

SSNnews..

Fantastic stuff!!!!!

[O Fenomeno]

Discharged!!

SSNnews..

Fantastic stuff!!!!!

[Zizouz]

nicccce

[Trim]

Great to hear

[TF S4DK]

All thats missing now is the picture of him returning to training for Bolton and then returning to run out on matchday.

[DRC]

Do you see him returning? I personally think he's holding out until the end of the season then calling time.

He caught life - I don't see him tempting fate

Ain't about being Ant Van Loo innadis

[Seth Rollins]

I also wonder if he'll kick ball again. I'm not being funny, but for real, he's LUCKY.

He defo ain't kicking ball this season.

[Rsonist]

Emotional Fabrice Muamba returns to bosom of the game (Telegraph) The songs began, just as they had at White Hart Lane six weeks ago, at the southern corner of the ground. This time, though, they were songs of joy rather than songs of suffering.

By Jonathan Liew

11:13PM BST 02 May 2012

The congregation had taken its seats well in advance of the start of the service. At seven minutes to eight, it began. A familiar refrain.

One of the old favourites. “Fabrice Muamba!” Clap-clap, clap, clap, clap. “Fabrice Muamba!”

The man himself took his first faltering steps onto the green grass of home, blinking into the dusk. He was greeted by the sight and sound of

22,000 men, women and children on their feet, applauding him. Singing his name. On the big screen, the words ‘Welcome back, Fabrice’ served a dual meaning. Muamba blinked once, twice. The third time, there were tears in his eyes.

Despite the high level of interest in Muamba’s first appearance at the Reebok Stadium since his cardiac arrest on March 17, Bolton had wanted to keep this occasion low-key. There was no lavish floral tribute, no mawkish video montage.

This was meant to be a homecoming, not a thanksgiving. Even the match day programme buried away the news at the foot of page 47.

Ostensibly, Muamba was here to greet us, not the other way around.

That was never going to happen. Many of us at the ground last night had also been there when Muamba had fallen. At the time, nobody dared say the word, to lend voice to the thought that was swirling around everybody’s heads. But we knew immediately. Fabrice Muamba was dying on the White Hart Lane pitch.

Harry Redknapp knew. “I’ll never forget seeing him getting wheeled down that tunnel,” he said last night. “I didn’t think we’d see him again. Nor did any of the people that were there. Nobody gave him a chance.”

So to see him here was the culmination of a sequence of events that medical science can explain, but only the tenderness of the human spirit can really appreciate.

From first to last, he was applauded. He was cheered as he entered the Reebok Stadium at around 7pm last night, beaming from ear to ear as his fiancée Shauna took photographs. After greeting staff at the stadium, he made his way to the home dressing room, where every member of the team embraced him. He met the Tottenham players who had alerted the paramedics so quickly to his plight, as well as manager Harry Redknapp.

“Fantastic,” Redknapp said later. “Absolutely brilliant. Seeing him smiling, seeing him alive, was just wonderful.”

There was a short interview with Sky Sports. “This is a special place,” said Muamba. “The support has been overwhelming, and I am just grateful for that. I am getting stronger every day. I am just happy to be able to speak to people again and walk freely.”

Muamba revealed that he still has six or seven boxes of cards from well-wishers to read. “I am grateful for that,” he said. “It stays in my mind every single day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The whole country has been overwhelming.”

There are those who take the view that this incident serves as a reminder of the essential flippancy of football, a riposte to Bill Shankly. This, in itself, is unarguable. The game is never more important than life or death. Nobody should ever lose his life doing something as frivolous as playing sport.

But to witness, to hear, to feel the simple, unalloyed joy at the Reebok last night was to be uplifted by football. To be humbled, to be part of something bigger. Medical miracles such as Muamba’s are far from unique, but there was something unprecedented about the way football has united around this particular triumph against the odds.

Only a game? No. More than a game.

One can only imagine how Muamba, a deeply religious man, feels about the whole experience. Everywhere he goes he is feted as a hero, but not for his feats on the pitch. For the rest of his life he is likely to be remembered for an incident he does not.

But it was a deeply important moment for all of us. Though Bolton manager Owen Coyle said afterwards that it was still far too soon to establish whether Muamba would play again, seeing him in a football stadium, rather than on a hospital bed, was a watershed. It was the point at which he ceased to be a patient and became a footballer again.

Whether you prayed aloud, prayed with a hashtag, prayed silently to yourself, or simply crossed your fingers and poured your hope into the ether, this was the scenario we all envisaged. Fabrice Muamba was returned to the bosom of football last night. And for that alone, we should all be thankful.

[Benicio del Toney]

All thats missing now is the picture of him returning to training for Bolton and then returning to run out on matchday.

Nah, the picture is complete, him and his missus at the game with tears of joy.

It's a beautiful thing.

[Wavant]

Donny retired

[The Somalian]

Ashame wish him all the best in the future

[O Fenomeno]

Ashame wish him all the best in the future

[Mr. Gayle]

Mighty shame

[Trim]

24 years old

such a sad way for his career to end

[Bruno Di Gradi]

real guy to do that. certain man would be clinging onto their footy career...but when u got family to think of..it's a good choice.

he was never a dumb guy so I'm sure he will be fine.

[Benicio del Toney]

'While the news is devastating, I have much to be thankful for,' said Muamba.

Indeed.

I'm glad, live your life don, you already baiding.

[Mr. Gayle]

It’s hard to imagine how someone can survive without a beating heart for over AN HOUR

AN HOUR !!!!

He is amazing.

[TF S4DK]

Former Arsenal midfielder Fabrice Muamba has announced his retirement from professional football.

Fabrice, who rose through the academy and played twice for the first team in 2005, was in a critical condition after collapsing during an FA Cup tie at Tottenham on Saturday, March 17.

The 24-year-old was discharged from hospital two weeks after the incident.

But after advice from his medical team and extensive discussions with cardiologists, Fabrice has decided to call time on a playing career that took in spells at Arsenal, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers.

Everybody at Arsenal Football Club wishes Fabrice luck in his future endeavours.