Baby boy is a ‘dream come true’ for brain op footballer
FOOTBALLER Ryan Mason is celebrating becoming a dad, 11 months after suffering a near-fatal head injury.
The Hull City player’s fiancee Rachel Peters shared a photo of their first-born on Instagram, writing: “Welcome to the world baby boy you’ve made all our dreams come true.”
Ryan, 26, fractured his skull in a collision with Chelsea’s Gary Cahill at Stamford Bridge in January and has still to return to first team action. He spent eight days in hospital following surgery for a bleed on the brain. After being released he slept for up to 20 hours a day for the first five weeks. He is to have a scan in January to see if the skull has fused and hopes to be playing again in two months. A pal said: “The baby is the best news ever for Ryan and Rachel and hopefully 2018 will be a good year for them. They deserve every bit of happiness.”