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RB Ron Springs (R.I.P.)

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Ron & Everson have started a foundation to promote education & early detection of kidney disease. Ron will also be an honorary captain for the Dallas Cowboys on Sept 9th.

Ohio State Buckeyes.com

IRVING, Texas (DallasCowboys.com) - Ron Springs is going to do everything he can to make sure what happened to him doesn't happen to anyone else. When Springs, the former Cowboys fullback from 1979-84, found out he had diabetes after he retired, he took the disease for granted.
But it was bad. He had eye problems, heart failure and he lost his right leg below the knee. He can barely use his hands anymore. He needed a new kidney, and soon.

That bad.

And if it wasn't for Everson Walls, it could have been much worse. After several potential kidney donors were ruled out for various reasons, Walls, Springs' former Cowboys teammate and friend for more than 25 years, threw his name in the hat. And now, both Springs and Walls have one healthy kidney and can look forward to many more years of friendship together.

Because of Walls' act of kindness and Springs' good fortune, the two will spend those years together after jointly forming the Ron Springs & Everson Walls Gift for Life Foundation, geared toward providing education, early detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease.

To read the full story, please visit DallasCowboys.com - Home.

For more information or to make a donation to the Ron Springs & Everson Walls Gift for Life Foundation you can visit the foundation's website at www.GiftforLifeFoundation.org.
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Springs helps gift of life come easier
David Teel
10:33 PM EDT, October 2, 2007

Ron Springs has a street named for him near his childhood home in Williamsburg. He played on accomplished football teams for Lafayette High, Ohio State and the Dallas Cowboys, and has a son playing in the NFL.

But for all those legacies, Springs could soon have something more enduring: federal legislation that carries his name.

The Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2007 would establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry, provide grants to state donor programs and track the long-term health of living donors.
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Springs helps gift of life come easier -- dailypress.com
 
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Sad to hear he is having more difficulty. He is in bad shape.
He was one of the few JC players brought in by Woody. Maybe the first?
He is a Buckeye through and through!
We hope he pulls through. Prayers for his family.
 
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This Daily Press article has quotes from Srings' older brother, giving more detail on the medical situation:

Ron Springs, one of the Peninsula's most renowned football players, has lapsed into a coma after surgery in Texas to remove a cyst from his arm, his older brother said Tuesday.

Springs, 50, received a transplanted kidney from former Dallas Cowboys teammate Everson Walls seven months ago. He entered the hospital Thursday to have the cyst removed, according to Roscoe Springs.

"His vital signs are stable, but he has not awakened from the operation," Roscoe Springs said from his Williamsburg home. "He had a reaction to the anesthesia and stopped breathing on the table, but they revived him.

"He was out 3-4 minutes, and we don't know what effect that will have. The doctors say he doesn't have any swelling on the brain, which is a good sign."
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Not looking very good.

Ex-Cowboy Ron Springs has 'no hope' of surviving | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | SportsDay: Top Stories

[SIZE=+2]Ex-Cowboy Ron Springs has 'no hope' of surviving

[/SIZE] [SIZE=+1]Former running back is in coma in Dallas hospital[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]02:35 PM CDT on Wednesday, October 17, 2007

[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By BARRY HORN / The Dallas Morning News
[email protected][/SIZE] Doctors on Wednesday told the family of former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, hospitalized in a coma, there is no hope he will survive, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Springs, 50, has been unconscious since soon after he entered Dallas Medical City Hospital last week for what friends say he believed was a routine medical procedure to remove a cyst from one of his arms.
It remains unclear how or why Springs lapsed into a coma. The hospital has refused comment, and family members have been unavailable.
Seven months ago, Springs received a healthy kidney from former Cowboys teammate Everson Walls. That marked the first organ transplant involving former U.S. professional teammates.
The Springs family is expected to consider the possibility of donating any usable organs he might have to help others.
 
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I loved Ron Springs as a Buckeye. And I loved how he represented Buckeyes throughout his pro career. He is one of the good guys.

I've been hoping for good signs since the news of his coma broke. But we're still hoping for good news while fearing the worst.

Here's to Everson Walls. He gave Ron his best chance for survival. We all hope it will yet succeed. But even if it does not, Everson, you will always be an honorary Buckeye in my mind.
:osu:
 
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[FONT=helvetica, arial]Though age may dim our mem'ry's store,
We'll think of happy days of yore.
True to friend and frank to foe,
As sturdy sons of Ohio.
If on seas of care we roll,
Neath blackened sky or barren shoal,
Thoughts of thee bid darkness go,
Dear Alma Mater...O...HI...O.[/FONT]
 
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