'Blind Side' star Quinton Aaron remains on life support, but health reportedly improving

Actor Quinton Aaron, who shared the surface with Sandra Bullock successful “The Blind Side,” is reportedly showing signs of betterment aft helium was hospitalized for a humor corruption past week.

Margarita Aaron, the actor’s wife, told Fox News and TMZ connected Monday that her hubby is “making important progress” successful his recovery, making insignificant assemblage movements including opening his eyes and giving a thumbs-up. Though the histrion is partially breathing connected his own, Margarita Aaron said her hubby remains connected breathing assistance and antibiotics, according to Fox News.

A typical for Aaron did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Tuesday

“He’s a fighter; he’s a precise beardown fighter, and you know, helium is making advancement time by day,” she told Fox News, “and I judge God’s got him, and helium believes God’s got him.”

The 41-year-old histrion was hospitalized past week successful Atlanta aft helium collapsed portion walking up the stairs successful his apartment, TMZ reported. He reportedly experienced symptom successful his cervix and backmost days earlier his illness and mislaid feeling successful his legs earlier helium fell. Aaron’s woman said she called 911 and her hubby was slipping successful and retired of consciousness en way to the hospital, wherever helium has since undergone respective tests, according to TMZ. The outlet reported connected Tuesday that doctors recovered a “rare cyst” connected the actor’s spine.

Nonprofit enactment Veterans Aid Network organized a GoFundMe leafage successful enactment of Aaron, who the enactment described arsenic “part of a seasoned household himself.” The enactment said it has a “longstanding relationship” with the histrion and seeks to rise $35,000 to assistance his loved ones wage for aesculapian expenses and different recovery-related costs. Donors person raised much than $40,000 arsenic of Tuesday afternoon.

“Quinton has spent his beingness inspiring others, reminding america that compassion and humanity inactive substance successful this world,” reads the GoFundMe description. “Now, arsenic helium faces 1 of the hardest battles of his life, let’s situation him and his loved ones with that aforesaid compassion, strength, and care.”

In an update shared to the fundraiser connected Monday, Veterans Aid Network said that Aaron “opened his eyes and has immoderate feeling successful his foot!” The update besides said helium remains connected beingness enactment and volition request a wheelchair upon his release.

Aaron has acted successful scores of films, according to his IMDb page, but is champion known for his crook successful “The Blind Side.” The 2009 play was based connected Michael Lewis’ 2006 publication of the aforesaid name, which tracked the communicative of shot prima Michael Oher, who was plucked from homelessness and poorness erstwhile taken successful by affluent mates Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy. The household is credited with Oher’s shot success. Oher was an All-American subordinate astatine Mississippi and a first-round draught prime for the Baltimore Ravens successful 2009.

Aaron starred arsenic Oher and Bullock arsenic Leigh Anne Tuohy. The movie was nominated for 2 Academy Awards and earned Bullock a prize successful the histrion successful a starring relation category.

“The Blind Side” was successful the quality again successful 2023 erstwhile Oher sued his self-proclaimed adoptive parents, alleging the brace ne'er officially adopted him and tricked him successful 2004 into signing a ineligible papers that deemed them his conservators. The brace denied the allegations and said the athlete’s suit was a “shakedown.”

In September 2023, a Tennessee justice ordered the extremity of the conservatorship.