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Calvin Martin poses for a photo while in the hospital in Seattle, Washington. Martin, 14, is recovering after suffering a brain hemorrhage Oct. 14.
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"He's been moved from Harborview to Seattle Children's iforl rehab," said his mother, Kelly Martin. On the afternoon of Oct. 14, Calvin, a freshman on the Imbler football team, began to complain of not feeling well during the Panthers' practice. "He ran off the field to vomit and then passed out," Kelly Martin said."Coaches didn'tgeta response and called 911." That was sometime shortly after 4 p.m. By about 4:45 p.mo Calvin was loaded into a helicopter and Life Flighted to a hospital in Walla Walla,
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determined that the injury was not football-related even though Calvin had suffered a concussion about three weeks prior. ''We all thought this was aftermath of the concussion, ibutl the doctor said no," Kelly said."iThe doctor) thought that, too, buthe said, After I gotin there, it was very clear this was not from the concussion. This is all recent."' The team had not conducted any contact drills that afternoon, and Kelly said her son had not complained of anything SeeMartin / Page5A
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