Luton boss Rob Edwards gives Tom Lockyer update and opens up on ‘scariest moment I’ve ever had’ after cardiac arrest
ROB EDWARDS has opened up on the “scariest moment I’ve ever had” after Tom Lockyer’s cardiac arrest.
The Luton captain collapsed during Sunday’s match against Bournemouth.
He has since had successful surgery to fit an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator).
Luton confirmed he was discharged from hospital on Wednesday and has started his rehabilitation at home.
Reflecting on Saturday’s events, Edwards told the club’s media channels: “It was a really scary moment, I think the scariest moment I’ve ever had, never mind in football.
“It was different to at Wembley. I knew it then, and we certainly know it now with the tests and everything that’s gone on this week.
“We get on with it and the main focus is Tom and his family. We’ll all probably be affected in slightly different ways, deal with it in different ways as well. We’re all individuals, we’re all different so we’ll cope and deal with it differently as well.
“I feel good, I’ve had loads of support. Everyone has been asking how I am as well, which I find difficult as well because I’m not the one going through it. I’m fine. I was emotional on Saturday, it scared me.
“But everyone rallied, the medical guys were incredible in such a scary and pressurised situation with the world watching them. They got every decision bang on. I’m so proud of them, they saved him.
“Our medical guys, Bournemouth’s, the paramedics that were there, they’re real heroes.”
Lockyer had previously collapsed during the Championship play-off final in May before his cardiac arrest last weekend.
The match at the Vitality Stadium was abandoned as a result, with the Premier League confirming it will be replayed in full at a later date.