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Huskies Blog

April 24, 2008

Garcia hoping for "The Last Comeback"

Posted at 3:41 pm by John Boyle

Juan Garcia has already come back from season-ending leg and shoulder injuries in his Washington career, and now he's hoping to make, as he put it, "the last comeback" in order to get back next season from the Lisfranc injury he suffered last Friday.

Garcia will have the cast taken off his foot on May 23, and at that point doctors expect to be able to tell if the tendons in his foot are healing enough that he won't need surgery. Garcia said that if that happens--doctors have told him there's a 60 percent chance it won't--then he could be back early in the season. If after a month the foot isn't healing on it's own, however, Garcia will almost certainly be out for the entire season.

"I went for the miracle healing," he said. "That’s what I’m calling it right now. I’ve been joking around that I have no religion. I believe in all religions. There’s got to be one that works.

"It’s all or nothing I guess. Four weeks, and if it shows signs of healing, we’ll rehab it and see if I can come back. If not, that’s the end of that."

Garcia said he ultimately decided to go against surgery because he wanted a shot at having an impact next season. He figured that if he had surgery now, any comeback late in the season would be mostly symbolic.

"I want to wear the uniform one last time, and I want it to be meaningful," he said. "I don’t want to wear it just to say bye. I actually want to make a difference and help the team out."

Garcia said fans have been a big help. The school set up a page on gohuskies.com where fans can send well wishes to Garcia. He said reading those messages have given him hope and brought him to tears.

"I was overwhelmed," he said. "I take peeks at it here and there, but they just tear me up. I read it and didn’t realize how much people care about me. I read the messages I’ve gotten, and that’s one of the things that’s helped me get through this. I was like, ‘People really love me and they enjoyed watching me play.’ It made me really proud to be a Husky."

"I just wanted to say thanks for them, they really helped me get through this one. That’s one of the reasons I’m still hanging in there. I was thinking when I got injured that this is it. I’ll just finish out this year and go on with my life, but after seeing that, it gave me hope. You know what, let’s just fight it one more time. I call it the last comeback."

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