- Cody Ramsey played the first official football game after 2.5 years of pause
- St George Star spent seven months at the hospital with ulcerative colitis
Dragons's fullback, Cody Ramsey, played his first official game of the Rugby League during the weekend after being left aside for more than two years with a horrible intestinal disease that saw him lose 28 kilograms.
On Sunday, the Speedster that returns made an outstanding performance on both sides of the ball for Network V in the first match of its president's cup season against Canterbury.
In 2022, the young weapon was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and told doctors that he would never play professional football again.
It was during the preseason training that knew something was happening with his body.
“I knew that something was wrong because I am quite fit and I prepare for me for the preseason,” he told Sen League on Sunday night.
'He was at the back of the pack when we were running, everyone knew something was wrong.
Cody Ramsey played his first official game of the Rugby League during the weekend after being left aside for more than two years with a shocking disease
Ramsey was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2022 and had feared he would never play the Rugby League again
'I am always in the front.
Within the week, Ramsey was in the hospital and underwent multiple surgeries.
His fiancé Tahlia, who was pregnant with her eldest daughter, supported him selflessly throughout the test, sleeping in a hospital chair next to her bed while going through the treatment.
Ramsey spent seven months in a hospital bed while playing football again was “out of discussion.”
The return path has been long for Ramsey, who is now back closer to his weight weight.
“Now I have 80 kg,” he said.
'I have reintroduced all the foods I have eaten in my new stomach. At first, my stomach rejected everything, so I had to train again to take everything.
“Now I know exactly what to eat and what to drink to spend a three -hour session.”
Ramsey (in the photo on Sunday) says that now every game is treated as if it were the last
Upon entering Sunday against the Bulldogs, Ramsey says he is now extremely grateful to do what he loves.
“I treat all my training sessions, and every game I play, as if it were the last,” he said.
'I'm happy. I'm not nervous. I'm happy to be out there …
“Even to cross the dragons's doors, I'm so excited.”
Ramsey has great ambitions to return to the NRL this year.
“I simply put a lot of effort, and enough effort leads to good things,” he said.
“All this preseason, I just lowered my head and tried to do the right thing and just train hard.”