Z Gorres
Tim Howard
tragedies. Anyone know if he is alive?
SkippyPB
This just happened Friday (11/13 - bad luck for him) night. As of
Saturday morning the news is that he is still in critical condition at
the University Medical Center in Las Vegas fighting for his life.
There was swelling on his brain from a possible blood clot and doctors
had operated on him in order to release the pressure on his brain. He
is in a medically induced coma and will remain so for the next couple
of days.
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KobeWanKenobi
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:16:32 -0800, Tim Howard
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Gorres out of danger, recovering in Vegas
By Jhunnex Napallacan, Roy Luarca
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:30:00 11/16/2009
CEBU CITY — Z “The Dream” Gorres is unlikely to fulfill his promise of
a birthday celebration for his wife and a computer set for their seven-
year-old son.
But they won’t mind.
All they want now is for Gorres to get well and return safely home.
They’ll get their first wish, but the second has to wait a little
longer.
Gorres is recovering fast at the University Medical Center in Las
Vegas, where he was rushed after collapsing minutes after winning a
bout Friday night (Saturday morning in Manila).
Surgeons later removed a blood clot from his brain and he is now
responding to doctors’ instructions after coming out of an induced
coma.
The 27-year-old Gorres was coasting to victory against Colombian Luis
Melendez when he was knocked down by a solid punch to the head late in
the 10th and last round of their bout held at Mandalay Bay’s House of
Blues.
Gorres got up on wobbly legs and hang on to survive the round. He was
on his feet when he was declared the winner but then collapsed when he
went back to his corner.
In an interview Monday, Gorres’ wife Datches recalled that her husband
did not send her a text message or call last Saturday after his bout,
so she went to an Internet café to check on the fight result.
It was only then that she learned about her husband’s plight.
Datches said she was very emotional at first and was gravely concerned
over her husband’s condition.
However, she said she felt relieved on Monday after her husband’s
manager, Michael Aldeguer of Cebu’s ALA Promotions, told her that her
husband was recovering well.
Datches of Barangay Ibabao, Mandaue City, said her husband had planned
to hold a party for her 26th birthday on Dec. 3.
She added that Gorres, the world’s No. 2 bantamweight contender, also
planned to buy a computer set for their son.
“Fight for us,” was the text message she sent Saturday to Gorres,
referring to her and their four children, aged 7, 5, 3 and five months
old.
Aldeguer said Gorres was able to lift his hand and make the thumbs-up
sign in response to nurses’ instructions.
He added that Gorres will be out of the respirator soon so he could
breathe on his own and that all his vital signs are stable and normal.
Datches said Gorres’ speedy recovery was due to his desire to provide
a good life for them. She added that Gorres is also a religious man.
Before and after every fight, Datches said Gorres would visit the
Birhen (Virgin) of Lindogon in Simala, Sibonga town, and Senior Santo
Niño in Basilica del Santo Nino church in Cebu City.
Datches herself went to Simala on Sunday to pray for her husband.
She also expressed gratitude to Antonio Aldeguer, owner of ALA, who
has been giving them support while Gorres is still in hospital.
“He is like a father to us,” Datches said.
KobeWanKenobi
SPORTING CHANCE By Joaquin Henson (The Philippine Star) Updated
November 19, 2009 12:00 AM
Ill-fated fighter Z Gorres is slowly showing more signs of recovery
even as his manager Michael Aldeguer said yesterday his condition
remains “critical but stable” in the Intensive Care Unit at the
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas.
“Buchoy responded well when he was asked to lift two fingers and find
the tube and he was able to do it which is very good,” said Aldeguer
who is closely monitoring Gorres’ progress in Las Vegas. “We will know
how he responds to more commands in the next few days. The goal is to
wean him away from the ventilator.”
While Gorres remains in guarded condition, Aldeguer said there is
reason to be optimistic. Showing signs of brain activity, Gorres has
even tried to pull out the tubes in his nose and mouth.
Aldeguer said Gorres is receiving the best medical care at the public,
non-profit hospital which boasts a level I trauma center and is ranked
one of the safest in the US.
Aldeguer said what caused the damage was the raw impact of Colombian
Luis Melendez’ blow in the final seconds of their 10-round bout at the
House of Blues in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino last Friday
night. Gorres took a left straight on the jaw and fell against the
ropes, luckily sparing his head from crashing to the canvas. He
managed to get up and beat the count.
Ironically, Gorres won the fight on a unanimous decision. The scoring
wasn’t close as judges Jerry Roth and Lisa Giampa saw it 98-90, and
Burt Clements, 97-91, all for the Filipino.
* * * *
A similar case happened to world-rated flyweight contender Pretty Boy
Lucas of Bulacan in a fight against Chang Jae Kwon in Tokyo in 1995.
Lucas, then 29, was knocked out in the ninth round and rushed to the
hospital with a blood clot in the head. Four months earlier, he had
lost a decision to WBO flyweight champion Jake Matlala in South
Africa.
Doctors bore a hole through Lucas’ skull to remove the fluid that
caused the swelling of the brain membrane. He survived the ordeal and
now 43, wears a metal plate to cover the hole in his skull.
A team of five doctors led by neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Seiff performed
surgery on Gorres to drain blood from his head, relieving pressure on
the brain. The two-hour operation involved cutting a portion of
Gorres’ skull to take out the fluid and prevent the brain from
swelling. The portion is now in a bone bank and will be placed back on
Gorres’ head when he is fully recovered. He will wear a metal helmet
during the recovery period, which will entail therapy.
The estimate is Gorres will stay in Las Vegas for at least three
months. Aldeguer said he will try to bring Gorres’ wife Datchess,
mother of their four children, to Las Vegas to attend to the stricken
fighter.
* * * *
Last Monday, ALA boxing promotions vice president Dennis Canete
visited Gorres with trainer Edito Villamor, English cutman Tony Martin
and fighter Michael Domingo.
“I will visit Z every day,” said Martin who used to live in Cebu and
now resides in Las Vegas with his wife Yvonne, a Filipina nurse, and
their two sons. “It seems as though Z has started to make a slight
improvement. In fact, on one occasion, while Edito and I spoke words
of encouragement, he opened his left eye and managed to give us the
thumbs-up sign with his right thumb. The nurse also related to us that
Z had done the same thing for her earlier, which she commented was a
good sign. Let’s just pray this was the first sign of a full
recovery.”
Aldeguer said the other day, doctors removed Gorres’ neck brace and
reduced his sedation. Gorres has been in an induced coma to stabilize
his condition.
“He is now able to follow commands,” said Aldeguer. “He opened his
eyes on his own a few times. He is able to move both of his legs on
command. He moves his left arm on painful stimuli. His neck collar has
been taken off since he has been cleared from neck injuries. We trust
that the Lord will grant full recovery.”
Aldeguer mentioned that ALA stable trainer Edmund Villamor, who is
also in Las Vegas, was recently hospitalized and confined in the ICU
for a severe case of pneumonia. It was earlier suspected that Villamor
had swine flu. Villamor went to Las Vegas to work with ALA fighter
Mark Jason Melligen who lost a split decision to Mexico’s Michel
Rosales on the same card where Gorres beat Melendez. Villamor has
since been released from the hospital with a clean bill of health.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=524736&publicationSubCategoryId=69
KobeWanKenobi
the end of the road for his career as a boxer.
End of the road for Z Gorres
By Joaquin Henson (The Philippine Star) Updated December 30, 2009
12:00
Z Gorres
MANILA, Philippines - Stricken fighter Z Gorres is miraculously on the
way to recovery after losing consciousness in the ring and undergoing
a two-hour surgery performed by a team of five doctors to drain blood
from his skull at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in
Las Vegas last Nov. 13.
Gorres, 27, will no longer be able to fight and his chance for a world
crown in a scheduled rematch with WBO bantamweight titlist Fernando
Montiel on Feb. 13 has vanished. But for his wife Datches and their
four children, a championship is far from their minds. All they want
for Christmas is Gorres to survive his ordeal, return home to Mandaue
and live a normal life.
So far, it looks like they’ll get their wish.
Gorres is still confined in the Las Vegas hospital but he’s out of
danger. In about a week, doctors expect to remove the flap on the
right side of his head as swelling has completely disappeared. The
flap was placed after doctors chiseled out a portion of the skull to
drain the blood causing compression on the outer layer or membrane of
the brain. The portion of the skull is in a bone bank and will be
reinserted in Gorres’ head when he is healed.
Ironically, Gorres won the fight that led to his collapse in the ring
on that fateful Friday the 13th bout at the Mandalay Bay House of
Blues. He dominated Colombia’s Luis Melendez for nine rounds then in
the last few seconds of the fight, was caught by a vicious left
straight to the head and barely beat the count on rubbery legs. The
bell saved Gorres from more punishment. Gorres was subsequently
declared winner by unanimous decision and as he prepared to leave the
ring, he lost consciousness. He was rushed to the hospital in an
ambulance and went under the knife within an hour.
ALA Boxing Gym owner Tony Aldeguer, whose son Michael is Gorres’
registered manager, arranged for the fighter’s wife to fly to Las
Vegas. She has not left Gorres’ side since arriving over a month ago.
Aldeguer said the reports on Gorres’ progress are “nothing less than
amazing and remarkable and most of all, inspiring.” Nearly every day,
Gorres’ wife, English trainer Tony Martin and his Filipina wife
Yvonne, a nurse, send e-mail updates to Aldeguer and his son.
“Z’s brain surgery has not affected his memory,” said Aldeguer. “He
recognizes everyone who visits him in the hospital.”
Visitors continue to check in on Gorres and wish him well. Among the
visitors have been Gerry Penalosa, Rodel Mayol, Rex (Wakee) Salud,
Buboy Fernandez, Manny Pacquiao’s Argentinian cutman Miguel Diaz,
Ugandan Cornelius Boza-Edwards (who lost his WBC superlightweight
title to Rolando Navarrete in 1981), Dr. Allan Recto, international
matchmaker Sampson Lewkowicz and his wife, Top Rank matchmakers Bruce
Trampler, Brad Goodman and Sean Gibbons and Top Rank trainer Richie
Sandoval.
“Z is no longer in the respiratory and breathes on his own,” Aldeguer
went on. “He is now eating solid food and has started to talk but in
whispers. It is only his left side that still needs to recover. He can
now move his left arm but very slowly as with his left leg. Those are
the parts of his body that need to be monitored closely as he
progresses to recover.”
Aldeguer said his son Michael is in close touch with Tamara Greene,
the medical social worker assigned to coordinate Gorres’ discharge
planning.
Martin, who lived several years in Cebu and now works as a personal
trainer and boxing cutman in Las Vegas, said Gorres has shown “a real
fighter’s courage in the true sense of the meaning” in his remarkable
recovery.
“Doctors, nurses and all the people involved have been first class,”
said Martin. “Let’s not forget Datches who has shown a tremendous
strength being by her husband every day for at least eight hours a
day, tending to all his needs, showing him the love and care when most
needed. I know how much she is missing their children. In my book, she
is a diamond.”
The Gorres couple has four children – Dheybert, 7, Sheiladhey, 5,
Zhey, 3, and Khodhey, six months old.
“Z’s right side is perfect and gaining strength every day,” noted
Martin. “In fact, the grip in his right hand is very strong now. His
left side is starting to respond. He moves his arm and can now hold my
hand with his left hand with slight pressure. His left leg is slowly
responding with slight movement. He is breathing on his own and eating
solid hospital food. He talks to us but only whispers. His memory is
excellent, recognizing each and every one who visits him. His mind is
sharp, no problem there. He smiles and jokes a lot with me and
Datches. No words can describe the joy it can give you, just to see
that.”
Martin said no release date has been mentioned. “This will only happen
once all is well with Z and is fit to travel,” he added.
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=536791&publicationSubCategoryId=69
D. Flynn
Good news. We'll have to keep him in our prayers.
SkippyPB
wrote:
Yes indeed. Sad to lose such a dynamic fighter as Gorres but happy he
should be able to return to a normal life with his family.
Regards,
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