'We need a miracle': Friend of Limerick boxer Lee Reeves shares care update
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The 31-year-old boxer has been in hospital in Dublin since Saturday, August 1
A FRIEND of Lee Reeves has shared an update in the recovery progress of the popular Limerick boxer.
Former boxer Jonathan O’Brien, a good friend of Lee’s, is using social media to spread the word about Lee’s progress.
Jonathan shared an update on the Limerick man’s care in a post on social media this Friday morning, September 25.
“Everyone’s messaging me about Lee,” he said. “Listen guys, there’s not really much for us to say.”
The 31-year-old boxer has been in hospital in Dublin since Saturday, August 1, after he was knocked out in a fight in the 3Arena.
Jonathan explained that, though multiple TDs, Senator Chris Andrews, and the army have all gotten involved, “it’s down to the HSE”.
“The HSE are the ones that will push this for Lee to let the operation happen,” he explained.
Over the past few weeks, Jonathan has expressed his frustration after a planned operation on Lee was postponed multiple times.
He has explained previously that the operation will “put a plate back in Lee’s head where he had to get the skull removed to release the pressure from the brain from the trauma of the boxing”.
In this Friday’s video, he explained that “next week he could do the operation but if someone comes in that’s got a serious injury and needs to get an operation done before Lee, they will”.
He described it as “a disgrace”.
Jonathan explained that the family is pushing as hard as they can: “We are screaming out to get things happening for Lee.”
“The HSE has just let the family down, that’s really the truth.”
He continued: “Everyone is making noise, everyone’s pushing. The doctors are going to have another meeting this morning and they will call Tony, Lee’s father, and the sisters and they’ll speak and they’ll probably just say next week again because every week they’re pushing it off and pushing it off.”
Jonathan asked his followers to keep spreading the word, keep donating on the GoFundMe page, and keep praying for Lee to get back to “some kind of normality”.
“We need a miracle for Lee, guys, let’s be honest. We need a miracle. He’s a fighter and he’s never gonna quit. We need our Lee boy back.”