The Facts: Everett returned to his native Texas on Friday to be closer to his family for the next phase of his recovery from a life-threatening spinal cord injury. Accompanied by his mother, Everett was transferred from Buffalo to Houston's Memorial Hermann-The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, which provides medical rehabilitation for patients of catastrophic trauma such as brain or spinal cord injuries.

Diehards Line:Doctors initially feared Everett would never walk again but have since significantly upgraded their prognosis. Now they're confident he could be walking within weeks. Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the neurological surgery department at the University of Miami school of medicine, suggested that Everett continue his rehabilitation in Houston, saying it's important for him to have family and friends nearby. Green, co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, has been in constant contact with Everett's doctors, who plan to have Everett try to stand on his own in the next few days. "They're very confident he'll be walking very soon ... in the next days or weeks, not months," Green told the AP on Thursday. "I think the future for him is very bright."