The condition of China's paralyzed gymnast Wang Yan has improved
since she woke up from surgery in Shanghai yesterday.
The 15-year-old underwent her first major surgery in Shanghai No
6 Hospital and her condition is described as stable.
"I feel a lot better," Wang said to Wu Xiqin, gymnastic chief of
Zhejiang who was accompanying her during surgery, Sina.com
reported.
According to her doctor Xu Jiangguang, Wang's muscular sense is
returning and she is able to move her left leg and has regained
some hand motion.
"It's too early to say she has overcome the injury right now,"
said Xu. "Her condition is stable as we expected and we need
another 72 hours to monitor her condition."
Wang fell into a coma at the national championships in Shanghai
last Sunday after landing head-first on the mat in her dismount
from the uneven bars. She fractured her second and third
vertebrae.
Elsewhere, injured national volleyball team player Tang Miao
returned to Shanghai from Russia for further treatment on
Tuesday.
It is still not known whether he will be paralyzed for life
following a freak training accident last Wednesday in which he
broke his neck.
(China Daily June 21, 2007)