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Devers requires urgent Brain surgery

Aug 26, 2012 Sports

Brain Surgery for International Cricket Broadcaster and Journalist Sean Devers is needed as soon as possible and the former Guyana Cricketer is scheduled to return to Trinidad as soon as the balance of the cost for surgery is secured.
Devers visited the Brain Surgeon in February and again this month for tests and evaluation on a brain Tumor which has grown by 50% since it was first diagnosed in January. He is also being affected by seizures caused by the tumor.
In February surgery was not recommended but due to the rate of growth, Brain Surgeon Dr Robert Ramcharran feels surgery is the best option now and says the Broadcaster who covers cricket for the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) and the BBC World Service has only a 10% chance of his speech being affected by the Operation in addition to weakness to his right side since the tumor is located in his left brain.
A signed and stamped invoice from the St Clair Medical Centre in Port of Spain indicates the estimated cost for the Surgery is approximately US$25,000, while the overall cost, which includes traveling, accommodation and post surgery care, is estimated at US$35,000.
According to Dr Rambarran, the surgery should last about three hours after which Devers will be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for two days and in the Hospital for five days before a three month recovery period.
“God is a great God and everything is in his hands. The support from everyone in and outside of Guyana has been overwhelming and I thank everyone,” Devers said. He added that the restriction on his life, his inability to do any International cricket work this year and the physiological aspects of his illness have been his biggest worries.
A facebook page (Sean Devers brain surgery fund) has been created out of New York and donations can be deposited in Guyana Bank for Industry (GBTI) account number SICA865736. The swift code for those donating from North America and the Caribbean is GUYIGYGE. Devers can be contacted on telephone number 666-5661.

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