Captain of Luton Town, Tom Lockyer, cast up a new light on the loss of the six -month -old injuries which delayed his return to the field after suffering a cardiac arrest in December 2023.
Lockyer’s heart stopped for more than two and a half minutes in a Premier League match in Bournemouth before being restarted by the doctors. Seven months earlier, he also collapsed in Wembley in the championship final.
The 30 -year -old admitted that after being “technically dead” during the incident, he was relaxed on the prospect of not being able to continue playing.
He was equipped with an implantable cardio-cutting (CIM) to regulate his abnormal heart rate and also visited Professor Sanjay Shah, the cardiologist who helped Christian Eriksen upon his return after his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.
Lockyer was ready to play his first game for the Luton under -21 team last December to damage his ankle ligaments. He was then forced to undergo two operations, the second carried out because the first had failed to correct the problem.
He asked for his reflections on the reverse while inviting Saturday as an expert on Sky Sports, he said: “Very difficult.
Captain of Luton Town, Tom Lockyer, opened on his loss of six -month injury
Lockyer is determined to continue playing but is sidelined after damaging his ankle ligaments
He suffered a cardiac arrest in a Premier League match in Bournemouth in December 2023
“I was about to check my three games to be eliminated from the heart. Two days before the first, I started my ankle in training and I ended up needing surgery.
“I had two months. The operation was not a success, so I had to have it redone. I have six months now and I hope to get out of the boot one day. We will see on that one.
Lockyer previously opened his conscience that he began his decreasing years of his career, but promised to give everything to return and represent Luton again.
He told BBC Sport Wales: “Time is not on my side, when you start to push 30, you start to think that the clock counts, can it be achieved?
“But I am a positive person, I would not waste everyone’s time if I didn’t think it was possible. I’m going to give my best blow, but what will be.
Reflecting on his cardiac arrest while on Good Morning Britain of ITV, Lockyer remembers alive that he could die before the doctors saved his life.
He said, “There was no doubt this time and I knew as well as when I started to go and I couldn’t move or talk, the staff there was more in the” Go-Mode “. They were concentrated and it was very serious.
“This is where I said to myself” wow, I could die “. Obviously, when you are lying there and you cannot speak and you cannot move, it is not a good feeling to have.
Lockyer posed with the medical staff who saved his life by restarting his heart in the field
The defender also collapsed in the final victory of the Luton championship in May 2023
“But when I could move and talk, I felt good, which is the crazy thing. I was not in any pain. My heart returned to rhythm thanks to the incredible medical staff.
“ I am so lucky that it happened where it did because if it were to happen outside the hospital or a football field, the survival rate is only in 10. ”