Doctors say that MTV Presenter TJ Lavin showing some signs of improvement
October 18th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Oct 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) MTV presenter TJ Lavin who also doubles up as a professional BMX dirt bike rider is responding to treatment according to medical professionals. It may be recalled that Lavin suffered a serious accident after trying to display some dangerous skills with his bike in Las Vegas and has been under a medical anesthetic ever since.
Lorena Blas of USA TODAY stated that the mother of Lavin revealed through an SMS to a pal that her son’s hands were in motion on Saturday. Lavin was reported to have given thumbs up to his doctor but he was sedated again afterwards as medical officials are trying to prevent additional brain swelling.
The 33-year-old presenter of Real World/Real Rules Challenge on the MTV network since season 11 suffered the injury on Thursday while performing at the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas.
Lavin became a professional dirt rider at the age of 19 years and has triumphed at every professional competition has participated in such as the X Games and the Dew Action Sports Tour. He’s won three gold medals in the X Games as well as one silver medal and three bronze medals. He was also given the King of Dirt title in 1995.
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