Chris Jordaan (right) with older brother Johann and sister, Elizé. (Photo: Provided)
Chris Jordaan, the young first team player from Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (Boishaai) who seriously in a rugby match in Pretoria on Tuesday evening hurt is’s anesthesia was slowly reduced on Thursday and his family and doctors hope that he will be fully awake on Friday.
“There are no negative signs or infection at this stage,” said Chris’ father, also Chris, on Thursday afternoon.
Boishaai and Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool (Affies) faced each other and the 16-year-old Chris suffered a hard blow to the head in the match. He is a gr. 11-learner at Boishaai.
Chris is currently being treated in the intensive care unit of the Muelmed hospital.
“I went to the hospital with the ambulance, but I think I only got scared today. At that time you enter overdrive and you only help to help your child,” says Chris Sr.
“The doctors have started reducing the sedation today and hopefully tomorrow he will be fully awake. We believe everything will be fine.
“We are confident that everything will go well and the recovery process can begin.”
Chris’s mother, Dané, flew from the Paarl to Pretoria to also be with her youngest son. The couple’s 10-year-old daughter, Elizé, meanwhile lives with family in the Western Cape.
Chris’ older brother, Johann (19), himself an “Old Boy” from Boishaai, is with his parents in Pretoria.
Father Chris tells Johann that “tomorrow is Good Friday and it’s going to be a good day”.
Chris Sr. say the support they have received from all over since Tuesday night is amazing. Schools and learners have sent messages of getting better, people are praying, benefactors are offering help.
“I have never experienced anything like this. An incredible thank you to everyone.”
He says people stood together as one man to support them.
“Rugby is a sport that we love, that we grew up with. You can also step on the road and get hurt. It’s nobody’s fault. There was no foul play.
“It’s a amazing sport. You are enemies on the field and afterwards you stand together and hold hands. There is no greater sport than rugby. It’s a great game that brings a lot of people together.”
