'He has not stopped fighting': Friend shares 'amazing news' in recovery of Limerick boxer
Lee has been in hospital since being knocked out during a fight at the 3Arena in August
A FRIEND of Lee Reeves has shared “amazing news” in the recovery progress of the popular Limerick boxer.
Former boxer Jonathan O’Brien has been using his social media platform to share updates in the Roxboro native’s recovery.
In a video shared this Thursday afternoon, November 5, Jonathan explained that Lee had an infection last week: “News that we didn’t tell you last week guys, Lee got a bad infection and he was not good for a good few days.
“But Lee’s that much of a fighter he has not stopped fighting and he got through the infection and they’ve done every scan, MRI scan, bloods, they’ve done everything.”
Lee’s doctors had a meeting this morning with Lee’s father, Tony, and his sisters, during which the 31-year-old’s medical team shared “the most amazing news”.
Jonathan explained that a staff member from the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire visited Lee in University Hospital Limerick.
Lee is now second on the waiting list to enter the facility, Jonathan was happy to share.
Lee has been in hospital since being knocked out during a fight at the 3Arena on August 1. He was transferred to University Hospital Limerick from hospital in Dublin a few weeks ago.
“The doctors this morning were very, very happy with Lee’s little improvements,” he continued.
“Lee’s breathing by himself, they’re going to up his physio to give him more intense physio, which is amazing.”
Jonathan thanked “every single person” who has prayed for Lee, shared his story, or contributed to his GoFundMe page.
“We want this guy back. We want an end story to Lee Reeves, this young fella that so many people looked up to. He helped so many people and now he’s in his own fight. And Lee is fighting.
“All I can do is shout on this and get the word out there for people to keep praying.”
Jonathan also mentioned the need to keep the GoFundMe page going: “The hospital has told Tony that it’s going to be a long road. He could be in University Hospital Limerick until Christmas and then in the New Year, he could be going to Dún Laoghaire.”
“We’ve got to get him into this rehabilitation place in Dún Laoghaire, we’ve got to keep pushing. They hold him there for 12 weeks so we’ve got to keep pushing this for Lee to come back to 70% or 80% to himself.”
“That will be a miracle, and there are miracles, and miracles do happen,” he said.