Taliaferro Walks Out of Hospital
PHILADELPHIA — Three-and-a-half months after severely injuring his spine in a football game, Penn State freshman Adam Taliaferro walked out of a hospital Friday on crutches.
“I never thought of it as a nightmare. I thought of it as a freak accident that happened to occur to me,” Taliaferro said.
Taliaferro, 19, expects to return to classes at Penn State this summer. He won’t play football again, but he was content just to walk again.
“I’ve still got a lot of work to do, but I’m just thankful to get home,” Taliaferro said before leaving Magee Rehabilitation Hospital.
He will continue with outpatient therapy five days a week. His lead doctor, William Staas Jr., the hospital’s president and medical director, said Taliaferro should be walking without crutches in a few weeks.
The former defensive back said he was not in pain, but feels fatigue after four to five hours of therapy each day.
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