by Cady Sehnert
news@thenewsleaders.com
Daunte Keller is on the mend.
The Sauk Rapids senior was injured on Oct. 7 during the first half of the Storm and Sabre football match-up. The game was paused for about 30 minutes as Keller was tended to on the field, taken off on a stretcher and transported to the St. Cloud Hospital for further medical attention.
The Newsleaders spoke with Rena Keller, Daunte’s mother, on Oct. 17 to check up on the 17-year-old senior.
“He’s on the slow road,” she said. “Today was the first day he went back to school. I just picked him up. He made it until about 1:30 p.m. He’s home now and totally beat.”
Keller recounted the panic that accompanied her son’s hospitalization two weeks prior.
“He had lost feeling in his feet, hands and arms,” she said. “Fortunately that feeling came back on Saturday (Oct. 8).”
Doctors said while tests showed Daunte had no broken bones, he had suffered both a “stinger” and concussion. A stinger, in medical jargon, is a common, neurological injury experienced among football players caused by a collision. It can result in damage to the neck and shoulder region. Numbness and partial paralysis is common.
Keller was discharged from the hospital Oct. 9. The Newsleaders sends hope of a speedy recovery for Daunte.
Daunte Keller is currently a senior at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School.
