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Tyler Comeaux nearly died two years ago when he suffered a brain aneurysm
A high school baseball star’s college dreams — and life — almost ended when he suffered a brain aneurysm while at a Texas gym.
Tyler Comeaux, then 18 years old and anticipating his freshman year at Houston Christian University on a baseball scholarship, was at a gym in Friendswood when he collapsed almost two years ago, according to Fox 26 Houston. To save his life, he underwent immediate emergency surgery to remove part of his skull to reduce the pressure in his brain, the outlet reported. At one point, Comeaux's brain function dropped to 10%.
“They didn't give us much hope that he'd survive and if he did, he'd be in a vegetative state,” his dad, Kirk Comeaux, told Fox 26. “That's when we started a prayer chain and thousands of people reached out to us.”
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The high school athlete was in the ICU for 17 days
Following his collapse, Tyler was in the ICU for 17 days. It was during that time that his dad witnessed something miraculous. In a video shared with FOX 26, Tyler can be seen gripping a baseball that his coach had brought him while still in a coma. Though Tyler couldn’t respond to his dad’s verbal prompts, he was able to show his dad different pitches that he requested, from a fastball to a curveball. The movement caused the nurse to run for the doctors, Kirk told the outlet. Despite the shocking development, the pitcher’s recovery was just beginning.
“My whole left side was completely paralyzed,” said Tyler, who has no memory of the incident, in a video posted to Instagram in October 2024. The video, which shows the athlete using ropes as part of physical therapy, was created in partnership with the ‘Kel Strong’ Foundation, a nonprofit that provides financial support to people impacted by traumatic brain injuries.
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The aneurysm caused Tyler to have a stroke, robbing him of all function on the left side of his body. With the removal of part of his skull, Tyler had to wear a helmet all of the time and moved around in a wheelchair. But after months of “intensive therapy,” Tyer was able to walk and talk again, according to the Instagram post.
“Eighteen was a rough year, I can’t lie,” says Tyler, following about a year of therapy.
Now at college, Tyler hopes to pitch for the team, Fox 26 reported.
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