Bellator fighter Daiane Silva is on the street to restoration after she returned dwelling to Brazil following an extended keep within the hospital the place she was comatose following a brutal weight reduce in September.
Initially slated to compete on the Bellator London card, Silva suffered kidney failure from dehydration, which required her to be positioned in a medically induced coma as medical doctors continued to watch her situation. She spent a number of weeks within the hospital, however ultimately got here out of the coma and now Silva has not solely been launched however she was in a position to return dwelling to Brazil.
“The primary prognosis we had was that she might be with dialysis for the remainder of her life and it might take months for her to regain consciousness,” Silva’s supervisor Alex Davis instructed MMA Combating on Monday. “However because of numerous various factors like a really, superb good friend of hers was an angel that stayed along with her on a regular basis and due to her superb bodily form and the assistance of the hospital and the medical doctors, because of the assist of Bellator, of Mike Kogan and Eduardo Lima, and due to Cristiano Marcello, her coach, because of all that labored so laborious. We’d stand up at three within the morning, I’d stand up at 3:00 within the morning to have conferences with these individuals.
“Out of a really sorry prognostics, she is 1732573189 strolling, she is awake, she is off the dialysis machine. She’s speaking. She has somewhat little bit of issue, it was a really, very severe situation she got here out of. She’s again in Brazil. She’s at a rehabilitation middle and we anticipate her to be one hundred pc recovered.”
Yahoo! Sports activities initially reported the replace on Silva’s situation.
When Silva was first hospitalized, Bellator officers didn’t reply to inquiries about her situation however PFL co-founder Donn Davis later defined that it wasn’t the promotion’s place to disclose non-public medical info whereas she was nonetheless combating for her life.
“I’ll let you know it’s particularly not been addressed for the fighter privateness,” Davis instructed MMA Combating in October. “Every thing you simply stated absolutely explains the state of affairs. She was a first-time fighter for us, she skilled a really troublesome weight reduction which resulted in a medical emergency which was handled critically and appropriately and she or he’s been in long-term hospitalization and we’ve carried out all the things doable to assist her restoration.
“To say something apart from that isn’t our place. That is her enterprise and her privateness however all the things I simply stated is the information and that’s the information that’s well-known and that’s the information that we wouldn’t need to say something apart from that information.”
Fortunately, now Silva has been launched from the hospital and she or he’s recovering again dwelling in Brazil.
With a 3-0 document as an expert fighter, Silva signed with Bellator for a short-notice bout in opposition to Eman Almudhaf on the card in London in September. Regardless of beforehand solely competing at 155 kilos, Silva accepted the bout at featherweight however anticipated she would endure a grueling lower to get all the way down to the 146-pound restrict for a non-title battle.
Whereas Silva is now out of hazard bodily, her full focus stays on recovering and there’s no phrase a couple of potential return to combating simply but.
