Former Arsenal Player Drink Spiked left with Tetraplegia

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

Daniel Cain, a former Arsenal Player has been left Tetraplegic after his drink was spiked on a night out with his friends

The 23-year-old player was healthy until the night out with his friends which later took a devastating turn.

On June 9, 2020, the young footballer’s friends noticed he looked pale and was not responding, they later called an ambulance for Daniel and attempted to perform CPR on him.

His brain and spinal cord were said to be starved of oxygen after working on him for about 30 minutes, his heartbeat returned through paramedics.

According to his mum, Tracey Cain, he stated

“When I found out I just went into automatic mum mode.

“I called his father who was at work and his sister came back from Essex. At around 3-4 am, they tried to prepare us that he was not going to wake up but I decided to keep trying. I wasn’t going to accept he wasn’t going to come around.”

The report stated that the doctor told his family that if Daniel woke up, he was going to be in a vegetative state.

It was reported that after 25 days, Daniel woke up from Coma, and his cognitive function began to return.

Through injuries Daniel went through, it was reported that his short time memory was significantly damaged.

Natalie, his sister, described her brother as being an “avid” footballer for Arsenal and he also played for Comets, Hemel, Aces and Hemel Town youth FCs.

After almost three years, it was reported that Daniel is now at home with his family.

Daniel was provided with intensive rehabilitation therapy for £1,008 – £2,016 per month by an organization called Neurokinex.