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'What is normal?' Hall-of-Fame goalie Tim Thomas, of Davison, opens up about brain damage

Washington — Doctors told Tim Thomas that two-thirds of his brain were getting less than 5 percent blood flow and the other third was averaging about 50 percent.

His wife, Melissa, and oldest daughter, Kiley, started crying. Thomas didn’t react — because he couldn’t process what he was hearing.

“I couldn’t believe it because I couldn’t function well enough to understand it,” said Thomas, a native of Davison, near Flint.