As college football camps open across the nation, there are plenty of stories about players coming back from serious injuries. Few if any of them, however, had further to come back than Abe Qaoud, a wide receiver from Northwest Missouri State.
From the NCAA's official website:
It’s been less than eight months since the wide receiver suffered third-degree burns on his legs in an apartment fire last January, and Qaoud has undergone a long, grueling recovery. In addition to the burns, which doctors performed six skin graft surgeries on, Qaoud also fractured an eye socket and some ribs after jumping three stories to safety.
Qaoud spent six weeks in the hospital and the main thing that kept him motivated was the goal of playing football again. With support from his coaches and teammates, and especially the school’s assistant athletic trainer Kelly Quinlin, he has been able to come back to the football field in only five months since being released from the hospital on March 9, much faster than the 18 month-long rehabilitation the doctors predicted.
The doctors would only release Qaoud from the hospital if he had appropriate care to attend to his wounds, and rather than send him to a nursing facility, Quinlin volunteered to have him live with her and her family.
“Kelly is an amazing person,” said Qaoud. “She basically put my on her shoulders, told me what to do, I did it and it all worked. I was put in the right position with the right people.”
Click here to read more about Qaoud's comeback and those who have helped him come so far so quickly.
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