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| Monday, October 30 San Jose St. player staying positive Associated Press | |||
| SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Neil Parry, the San Jose State football
player whose right foot and ankle were amputated two weeks ago, is
expected to leave Stanford Hospital this week.
Parry began walking with crutches over the weekend, and is no
longer on a heart monitor.
"His spirits were so incredibly high," coach Dave Baldwin
said. "I was as happy as I've ever been to see that."
Parry, 20, injured his right leg on a kickoff return against
UTEP on Oct. 14, when a teammate rolled over his leg. The injury
damaged a major artery and a nerve in the bottom of his foot, and
swelling threatened to damage the remaining artery carrying blood
to his feet.
Parry, a part-time special teams player the last two seasons, is
the younger brother of Spartans linebacker and team captain Josh
Parry, the Western Athletic Conference's leading tackler. The
Spartans have won both of their games since Neil Parry's injury and
are 6-3 entering Saturday's meeting with No. 9 TCU.
Parry could be released from the hospital as early as Wednesday.
The team visited the hospital Friday before flying to Hawaii for
a game. Baldwin's wife and Parry's brother wheeled him to a
hospital window so he could watch the team sing the school fight
song.
During San Jose State's 57-48 win at Hawaii, the Warriors and
Spartans wore stickers on their helmets with Parry's No. 32.
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