deftones Deftones bassist Chi Cheng was hospitalized and subsequently spent time in a brain-rehabilitation hospital after a motorcycle accident in November. Late last month, shortly after he’d spoken his first words since going into the hospital, he was transferred to the intensive care unit after developing an infection; he’s since been released from the ICU and is able to breathe on his own. The updates on the One Love For Chi site, which also has auctions to help with his medical bills, have been both heartbreaking and hopeful. [One Love For Chi]

 
DEFTONES’ BASSIST CHI CHENG SHOWING DEFINITE SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT
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Deftones Bassist Chi Cheng Begins To Emerge From Coma - Video
Deftones member Chi Cheng is beginning to emerge from a coma after spending the last three and a half years in an unconscious state. The bassist has been in a coma since a car crash in Santa Clara, California in November 2008. The band initially cancelled ...
Deftones' bassist Chi Cheng emerging from unconscious state, showing progress
Here’s video, dated February 1, 2012, of Deftones’ bassist Chi Cheng moving his leg on command. According to news reports, Cheng is beginning to emerge from a coma, which he has been in and out of since the November 2008 car crash that left him paralyzed.



 

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