Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
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News about her health :
Hello everybody,
As many of you may have heard about it, I had 12 days ago an accident during training that costed me a concussion (traumatic brain injury). I have since then memory, balance and focus issues, added to a big tiredness that stop me coming back on the ice. My body, thought, is perfectly fine. The doctors are of course very optimistic about my situation, as nothing has been seen on the X-rays and my symptoms slowly shade off.
I'm going to a specialized clinique in Montreal and very good doctors are taking care of me. But the brain is a mysterious machine who needs time to recover which can't be prognosticated. I'm curing myself with rest to avoid any prolongation and complications of the symptoms and can't wait to be back on the ice !
Thanks all for your messages. See you soon,
Gabriella
https://www.facebook.com/figureskatingmag/posts/10154173820607538
Hello everybody,
As many of you may have heard about it, I had 12 days ago an accident during training that costed me a concussion (traumatic brain injury). I have since then memory, balance and focus issues, added to a big tiredness that stop me coming back on the ice. My body, thought, is perfectly fine. The doctors are of course very optimistic about my situation, as nothing has been seen on the X-rays and my symptoms slowly shade off.
I'm going to a specialized clinique in Montreal and very good doctors are taking care of me. But the brain is a mysterious machine who needs time to recover which can't be prognosticated. I'm curing myself with rest to avoid any prolongation and complications of the symptoms and can't wait to be back on the ice !
Thanks all for your messages. See you soon,
Gabriella
https://www.facebook.com/figureskatingmag/posts/10154173820607538
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Get well soon, Gabriella! 
your recovery!
Get well soon!
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12 days of aftereffects from a concussion is serious indeed. I hope she in no way rushes her recovery. And I wish her all the best. They are a rare talent.
This French article http://www.lequipe.fr/Patinage-artistique/Actualites/Gabriella-papadakis-toujours-au-repos/588655 says that Gabriella is resting this week especially to cure loss of balance issues, and that Gabriella & Guillaume participation to the Masters will be discussed next week.
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I just hope they don't rush it. Better to wait a bit longer and be ready. And make sure of no long term consequences.
She seems to be following the doctors advice, and there's still no word on their comeback on ice, it's a good thing, meaning they won't speed it up. Gabriella is young, she has good chances to fully recover, I think they know it would be too bad to ruin her carrier. Better skip one season (and it's not on olympic one, luckily) than all the coming ones.
From icenetwork :
On the mend: On Sept. 2, the French Skating Federation reported that Gabriella Papadakis suffered a concussion during a fall in practice. Dubreuil, a two-time world silver medalist with Lauzon, is no stranger to this injury, having sustained a serious concussion during a rehearsal for the Canadian reality TV competition Battle of the Blades in 2007.
"Like an idiot, I kept skating, and I'm still having side effects," Dubreuil said. "I was firm with [Papadakis] that she would not skate until she was mentally and physically strong enough. She is 20 years old and has a whole lifetime ahead of her.
"They were back on the ice for the first time (Monday), for 20 minutes. We will see how she feels, if she has any headaches, and if not, we will add more each day. We are doing this very carefully."On the mend: On Sept. 2, the French Skating Federation reported that Gabriella Papadakis suffered a concussion during a fall in practice. Dubreuil, a two-time world silver medalist with Lauzon, is no stranger to this injury, having sustained a serious concussion during a rehearsal for the Canadian reality TV competition Battle of the Blades in 2007.
"Like an idiot, I kept skating, and I'm still having side effects," Dubreuil said. "I was firm with [Papadakis] that she would not skate until she was mentally and physically strong enough. She is 20 years old and has a whole lifetime ahead of her.
"They were back on the ice for the first time (Monday), for 20 minutes. We will see how she feels, if she has any headaches, and if not, we will add more each day. We are doing this very carefully."
I guess we will know more after the press conference held this morning about the Masters.
Hoping the best !!
On the mend: On Sept. 2, the French Skating Federation reported that Gabriella Papadakis suffered a concussion during a fall in practice. Dubreuil, a two-time world silver medalist with Lauzon, is no stranger to this injury, having sustained a serious concussion during a rehearsal for the Canadian reality TV competition Battle of the Blades in 2007.
"Like an idiot, I kept skating, and I'm still having side effects," Dubreuil said. "I was firm with [Papadakis] that she would not skate until she was mentally and physically strong enough. She is 20 years old and has a whole lifetime ahead of her.
"They were back on the ice for the first time (Monday), for 20 minutes. We will see how she feels, if she has any headaches, and if not, we will add more each day. We are doing this very carefully."On the mend: On Sept. 2, the French Skating Federation reported that Gabriella Papadakis suffered a concussion during a fall in practice. Dubreuil, a two-time world silver medalist with Lauzon, is no stranger to this injury, having sustained a serious concussion during a rehearsal for the Canadian reality TV competition Battle of the Blades in 2007.
"Like an idiot, I kept skating, and I'm still having side effects," Dubreuil said. "I was firm with [Papadakis] that she would not skate until she was mentally and physically strong enough. She is 20 years old and has a whole lifetime ahead of her.
"They were back on the ice for the first time (Monday), for 20 minutes. We will see how she feels, if she has any headaches, and if not, we will add more each day. We are doing this very carefully."
I guess we will know more after the press conference held this morning about the Masters.
Hoping the best !!
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