Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
Melbourne is confident Harrison Petty avoided concussion despite leaving the field with blurred vision last weekend.
Petty missed the end of the Demons’ thrilling win over Brisbane last Sunday after an uncontested kick rendered him disoriented.
Melbourne coach Steven King said post-game that Petty had complained of blurred vision, fuelling concerns of a delayed concussion.
But on Tuesday morning, before the Demons’ test against Sydney at the SCG, King said the defender’s episode was almost certainly a severe migraine.
“He’s going well, he’s had a lot of tests done and I think at this stage we’ve ruled out concussion even though we’ve put him in the protocols to look after his welfare,” King said.
“We’re still waiting one more test to come back.
“We went through a lot of external consultants, got numerous tests done and at this stage it looks some type of migraine – which is great news.
“He’s still in the protocols, but we’re really bullish on him getting through. If he gets through protocols this week, he’ll be in a really good place to potentially play.
“We just want to make sure he gets through and ticks off the boxes he needs to, so that’s a great result for Harrison and for us.”
Petty has a concussion history, most notably a crunching collision with a teammate at a training camp in 2018.
King dismissed any connection between Petty’s track record and the setback against the Lions.
“Remarkably, he was actually pretty good after the game, which sort of told us it might not be as simple as concussion,” King said.
“Our doctors do a great job with our players, so we just want to make sure every box was ticked.
“He has had a lot of tests, as I said, we’re still waiting on one to come back. He’s had a history of a couple of concussions, so we want to make sure we’re ultra cautious with him.
“This was more a vestibular migraine – I am not sure if that’s the word, I am not a medical expert, so I can’t give too much opinion on it, but it’s not linked at all.
“It was probably the best scenario for us and outcome we could’ve hoped for, really.”
King was also certain there was no link between an earlier check on Jai Culley’s knee and his season-ending ACL.
“No fear at all. I think players come off all the time to get assessed by doctors and Jai’s one incident was pretty obvious that’s where it happened,” King said.
“I think a lot of players when they come off and complain of sort of (injury), you do get assessed, whatever part of the body.
“He’s fine, unfortunately it was that one incident which took place.”
