FC London to rally behind family of Eddie Lopez with weekend match and fundraiser
will be gathering this weekend for a match that will see proceeds raised go to support Lopez and his family.against Alliance United FC, the final League1 Ontario men’s premier division match of the year, will go to Lopez’s family to aid his recovery and to help the family recoup medical costs and other expenses, the club says.
The 37-year-old was placed into a medically induced coma, with doctors concluding he had suffered a brain aneurysm, multiple seizures and cardiac arrest. “He is not, of course, fully awake, but he does open his eyes and look at you, which is nice. Everything else, though, he’s still not really moving his arms and legs and things like that. But he is, at least in my eyes, he has been progressing pretty well,” she said.Lopez hasn’t spoken yet, she says, but adds she is unsure whether that is because of the tracheostomy doctors performed to help him breathe.
With the family-run eatery, Cheros House of Pupusas, closed at the Covent Garden Market, and with Davis unable to work as she focuses on Lopez’s recovery, the family’s income has dried up.has gone a long way to help pay bills back home in London and to pay for expenses in Ottawa.“It’s definitely been helpful, especially since I’m not working right now, and who knows when I’ll be able to go back to work,” she said.
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