Derek Zike

Derek Zike and his family do not shy from stating the truth.Derek's life will never be "normal" again.But normal is a subjective term.Derek, 17, is working out his version, trying to create a world as close to the one he knew before the evening of Jan. 16, when he suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed while playing in a hockey tournament at the Ice Cube in Ann Arbor.He has spent the past 12 weeks in the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, recovering from surgeries and in rehabilitation.
The news is good. He was discharged Wednesday afternoon and headed home to suburban Indianapolis to begin the next phase of his recovery -- and the rest of his life.

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[maria1894m]

He must be a really awesome guy! I would like to know how He is doing these days. (:

[Howboutthinking]

God bless you buddy, Hockey is blessed to have someone like you

[MrzNickJonas]

hey tward67a i tried contacting derek through his website and i would really like to talk to him because the same exact thing has happened to me but i am 1 1/2 into my accident. im a 15 year old girl btw so it would be good for him to talk to me because i'm his age and we both had the same accident. (if you dont believe me you can look at my video on my page) ;)

thank you

[eseigriegao]

tward67a: I would like to talk by email with your cousin Derek, I would be grateful if you help me to contact with him.

I hope your answer

[alypaige88]

hockey accident

[tward67a]

dereks doin pretty good hes got more movement in his hands hes goin to be starting therapy again soon

[HorroR3692]

@tward67a

Really? OMG How is he?

[horsegirl7900]

what happened to him?

[tward67a]

derek is mi cousin

[brejo57]

Hang in there man. Watching the True Life was heartbreaking, but you know as well as I do there's not a person out there who knows about you that is not rooting for you.