Post by mexicanjunior on May 13, 2011 6:41:32 GMT -6
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DALLAS (AP/CBSDFW.COM) – Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, who spent the past four years in a coma after losing oxygen during a 2007 operation, has died at age 54 without ever regaining consciousness.
Since 2007, Springs had been in a coma after surgery to remove a cyst from his forearm went awry. He was considered brain impaired but not brain dead. He was diagnosed with diabetes in 1990 and received a kidney transplant in 2007.
Former Cowboys teammate Everson Walls, who donated a kidney to Springs for a transplant, says the Springs family informed him that his friend died about 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Medical City Dallas hospital.
The hospital is where Springs first slipped into the coma after undergoing the cysst surgery.
Walls and Springs started the Gift For Life foundation after the kidney donation.
CBS 11 spoke with Walls Thursday night, who confirmed his friend and former teammate had passed away. “I was shocked… We were hoping he would be able to come out of this. His family is very spiritual, and they truly believe he is in a better place.”
Walls says Springs’ death will bring renewed attention to organ donation and the problems associated with diabetes.
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