Critically injured jockey Graham Lee has moved to a spinal unit, the place he’ll keep for the foreseeable long run.
In a observation launched nowadays (24 November) the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF) stated the 47-year-old Irish rider is now not in in depth care.
Graham used to be unseated from Ben Macdui at Newcastle racecourse on 10 November and taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary Clinic in Newcastle with a neck harm.
“Graham Lee has now moved to the spinal unit at James Cook dinner College Clinic in Middlesbrough, the place he’ll stay for the foreseeable long run,” the IJF stated.
“He’s now not in ITU however stays on a ventilator, albeit this may also be lowered every so often. His cervical harm, which used to be to C3/C4, implies that his motion is affected.”
Graham had surgical operation on 14 November, to stabilise the fractures in his cervical backbone and additional offer protection to his spinal wire.
A fundraising web page arrange through Graham’s 18-year-old daughter, Amy Lee, raised greater than £80,000 for the Injured Jockeys Fund inside of days. Simply over every week later, the whole is just about £155,000. Amy stated she used to be sharing each message and donation together with her father.
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The IJF added nowadays: “His circle of relatives are happy that he’s now closer house and stay thankful for the consistent improve.”
Graham had greater than 1,000 winners over jumps ahead of he switched to the Flat, together with the Grand Nationwide on Amberleigh Space in 2004.
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