{"id":135136,"date":"2026-01-28T16:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135136\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:58:07","slug":"high-school-wrestler-begins-road-to-recovery-after-suffering-severe-spinal-injury-during-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135136\/","title":{"rendered":"High school wrestler begins road to recovery after suffering severe spinal injury during match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A 14-year-old Fletcher High School wrestler is facing a long road to recovery after she suffered a severe spinal injury during a match that left her partially paralyzed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Addy was wrestling for Fletcher at Beachside High when the freak accident happened and she was diagnosed with a spinal concussion, which has caused paralysis and significant weakness on her right side,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-addys-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-addys-recovery\"> according to a GoFundMe set up by her aunt, Katelyn Bush<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Addy\u2019s mother, Jessica, told News4JAX her daughter was released from the hospital on Tuesday but now she will have extensive rehab and intensive therapy as she works to recover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhile there is hope and determination moving forward, the road ahead is long and uncertain,\u201d Bush wrote on the GoFundMe page. \u201cThis sudden, life changing event has brought immense emotional and financial stress to the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addy&#8217;s mom, Jessica, told News4JAX her daughter was released from the hospital on Tuesday, but now she will have extensive rehab and intensive therapy as she works to recover. (GoFundMe)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The fundraiser page also shared that Addy has a 7-month-old sibling, and her family is navigating missed work, financial stress and mounting medical bills as they care for both children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Bush said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-addys-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-for-addys-recovery\">all funds raised through the GoFundMe page<\/a> will go directly toward medical bills, co-pays, hospital stays, inpatient rehabilitation costs, travel expenses for treatment, and daily living expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThank you so much for your kindness, generosity, and support,\u201d Bush wrote. \u201cOur family would be deeply grateful for your prayers, for sharing this fundraiser, and for standing with us during one of the hardest moments we have ever faced. Your love and encouragement truly mean more than words can express.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A 14-year-old Fletcher High School wrestler is facing a long road to recovery after she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[502,18897,1136,116,118,117,110,39961],"class_list":{"0":"post-135136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-community","9":"tag-fletcher-high-school","10":"tag-gofundme","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","13":"tag-jacksonville-news","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-wrestling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}