Awesome News...Ryan Shazier Regains Feeling In His Legs

PITTSBURGH — Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier has regained feeling in his legs, according to a report by WPXI-Pittsburgh.

Shazier’s father, Vernon, declined to offer specifics on his son’s current condition but did recall the moments after he suffered the spinal injury during a Dec. 4 Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

“He said, ‘Daddy, pray for me. I can’t feel my legs,’ ” an emotional Vernon Shazier said in an on-camera interview with WPXI, recounting his son’s call from the hospital.

Just to end the night on a positive note.  Ryan Shazier regaining feeling in his legs after the scary hit on Monday Night Football one month ago today.

His dad says he is making progress daily and says that he will play again “one day.”

Shazier, a two-time Pro Bowler, underwent spinal stabilization surgery Dec. 7 at a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospital, where he’s also undergoing rehabilitation.

Vernon Shazier said he won’t offer specifics on Ryan’s condition “until [Ryan is] ready to share where he’s at” but did note that his son is “making progress daily.”

“He’s a long way from where he was on that Monday night when he was laying on the field,” Vernon Shazier said.

Probably just an optimistic and positive dad talking but who knows – hope he’s right.

[ESPN]