Scots footballer's heart saved after 'rare' injury during horror accident at kids' match

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A little footballer's heart was saved in the nick of time after a dislocated collarbone led to an extremely rare injury.Isaiah Muzaale, 9, who plays for Hearts of Midlothian FC at Academy Level was playing Glasgow Rangers on June 7.The youngster suffered an accidental clash with another player and fell to the ground in pain.

His parents Kerry and Edwin Muzaale rushed him to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh. Quick-thinking medics found the schoolboy had popped his collarbone near vessels pumping blood to his heart and his windpipe.

A top trauma team then sent the youngster for surgery amid fears one wrong move could lead to the bone piercing his vessels and stopping the supply to his heart.Mum Kerry, from Paisley, said: "When we arrived at the hospital, they gave an X Ray, but it came back clear.

Seeing how much pain he was in, the doctors gave him a CT scan and found that he had a dislocation. "Thinking that your son has a broken bone is one thing - learning his injury could land him in intensive care is another."We are so grateful to the team there.