Keaney thought career was over
January 24, 2012
Dublin's Conal Keaney
Keaney wrecked his knee in the accident on the Friday morning before Dublin faced Limerick in their All-Ireland SHC quarter-final, but he is slowly working his way back to fitness.
Commenting on the incident and its repercussions, he says he is lucky to be alive and everything else is a bonus:
"That's the way I look at it all of the time. Another lad was knocked off his bike that weekend and he happened to lose his life. I'm just grateful to get back to where I am at the moment, and if I see some action again, it'll be great.
"It's great to be involved with Dublin. When I was lying in the hospital, I didn't think I'd ever get to put on a Dublin jersey again, so hopefully I'm getting a little bit nearer to that now.
"Initially, they told me my foot was broken and my cruciate was grand. Then it did a total flip when I went to Santry Sports Clinic and it wasn't broken. It was my knee where the damage was.
"It was a cruciate and a lateral ligament, which not many people do. It's funny that Stephen [Hiney] and myself have the same injury. It is very serious. I always try and put the best foot forward, but, in the back of my mind, I know it's a very serious injury.
"I still don't know. There are certain procedures you have to go through and steps and boxes you have to tick and I'm doing that. It's very hard when I have no goal at the end of it or date to come back. I'm just working away. It's nearly the end of January now and I didn't think I would even get here.
"It's a long Christmas trying to get to the gym six or seven days a week. It's tough going. I'm getting there, but I don't know where that day is going to come yet when I can go back playing.
"I'm really looking forward to getting a bit more stuff under my belt, start running and start zig-zagging and changing directions.
"I'm happy to be even doing this at the moment. I'm just being very cautious and making sure I do everything right so that when I do come back, I'm back 100%." Tweet
