Feb 25
Arsenal America and members of the Arsenal community on the Big Soccer Message Boards are teaming up to send a get well bouquet to Eduardo in light of his injury on Saturday. If you’d like to contribute, please use the “Cash Advance” option on PayPal to send a few dollars to: “Treasurer AT arsenalamerica DOT com”
In the subject line of the message, be sure to include “Get Well Dudu”, so that Nick our treasurer can parse out the appropriate funds.
We’d like to send the flowers tomorrow, so if you’d like to be included, please don’t delay.
In the meantime, be sure to see Arsenal.com’s Message to Eduardo page to send an email get well wish.
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February 25th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Fingers crossed.
A statement on the club’s official website said: “The club can confirm that following the incident during Saturday’s match at Birmingham City, Eduardo has fractured his left fibula and sustained an open dislocation of his ankle joint in the same leg.
“He was immediately taken to Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham where he underwent surgery on Saturday evening. The operation was successful and Eduardo was transferred to a London-based hospital on Sunday afternoon.
“Earlier today (Monday, 25th February), the orthopaedic surgeon and Arsenal medical staff assessed the extent of the damage and possible time-scale for a full recovery.
“All being well, Eduardo will have his leg in plaster and using crutches for the next six to eight weeks. After that time, partial weight-bearing exercises will be scheduled into a slow rehabilitation process.
“It is hoped that Eduardo will be running again in six months’ time and making a full recovery after nine months.”
February 25th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I’m really happily surprised his injury might take only 9 months. i thought it would be much, much more than this!
really happy for him! i hope all goes well without complications.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
The wonder of modern medicine never ceases to amaze me.
He is a VERY lucky man indeed.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:15 am
He is lucky, this is professional football we are talking about not running around in a park. His secondary battle will be psychological - going in for tackles etc., but I believe he has already shown a maturity and sense of reality in his comments that shows he has the mental strength. In modern football you require enormous determination to even make a career at the top level. The psychological strength required is pretty high maintenance in such a competitive sport, so players are about as well-equipped as you can be to deal with such an event.
Some people do make amazing recoveries, like Djibril Cisse - he suffered a hideous leg break in October 2004 and was back playing before the end of the season. Remarkable.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
If I’m not mistaken, Cisse suffered 2 horrible injuries (it’s why he missed the last World Cup). Just amazing. Best wishes to Eduardo.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
All the best for Dudu. He is a great man, a good father and a loving husband.
He is humble and has the personality that needs to be followed by other footballers.