Five months after breaking his neck, the former Hurricanes rugby player Michael Fatialofa is leaving hospital in England.
Michael Fatialofa is set to continue recovering from his horrific injury in the UK, TVNZ is reporting. Photo: Photosport Ltd
Fatialofa feared he would never walk again after breaking a bone in his neck playing for English club Worcester against Saracens in January.
He underwent surgery to relieve the pressure on his spinal cord caused by bruising and swelling.
"My delightful husband is coming home tomorrow night," Fatialofa's wife Tatiana said on her Twitter account yesterday.
"5 MONTHS I've waited."
She later posted the couple's gratitude for all the people who have supported them. "He wouldn't be coming home in this miraculous condition without your prayers, love & the support shown in various ways which will carry us thru the next phase," Tatiana Fatialofa wrote.
There are no words that suffice how GRATEFUL @michaelfats + I are for every person who has championed us. He wouldn’t be coming home in this miraculous condition without your prayers, love & the support shown in various ways which will carry us thru the next phase #OFATATU
— Tatiana Fatialofa (@tatianafats) June 4, 2020
Fatialofa's last season of Super rugby was in 2018.
TVNZ has reported that he will continue his rehabilitation in Britain before returning to New Zealand by the end of the year.
