Father: injured Hong Kong Mirror dancer Mo Li regains some sensation in limbs
- Reverend Derek Li says son has not regained any control of his arms and legs after July incident at Mirror concert
- Father adds he is still hopeful Mo Li will recover movement, despite doctors warning that chances are slim
A paralysed dancer in Hong Kong has regained some sensation in his limbs after he was seriously injured when a massive TV screen fell on him during a Mirror concert earlier this year, his father has revealed.
But Reverend Derek Li Shing-lam, a pastor, said on Sunday that Mo Li Kai-yin had yet to regain any control of his arms and legs five months after the incident at the Hong Kong Coliseum.
The pastor told a radio programme that, on one recent occasion, his son had asked family members to place one of his arms in a better position, even though it was covered by a blanket and out of sight.
He highlighted the incident as proof that his son had recovered some feeling in his limbs and was aware of how they were positioned.
“He can feel it. Sometimes we touch him and he has feeling,” said the pastor, who moved back to Hong Kong from Canada after his son was injured.
“He can’t move yet. But I think it’s good that he has regained his feel first and then mobility. If he regains only mobility without any feeling, he wouldn’t know it when he got hurt,” he added.
