rockin500
09-13-2006, 09:56 PM
glad they caught it in time! :eek:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060913&content_id=1661088&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Glendon Rusch was hospitalized on Tuesday night with a blood clot in his right lung, and is done pitching for the season.
Rusch, 31, had a pulmonary embolism, Cubs athletic trainer Mark O'Neal said on Wednesday. The left-hander will remain hospitalized for two to three days, and be on blood-thinning medication for three to six months, O'Neal said.
O'Neal said Rusch was in the weight room at Wrigley Field when he felt pain in the right side of his chest radiating up to his shoulder.
Dr. Stephen Adams, the Cubs physician, determined the problem was not muscle related, and Rusch was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
"Is it life threatening? Yes," O'Neal said. "This was caught early. We're obviously very thankful that we didn't sit on this, and he was evaluated last night.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060913&content_id=1661088&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Glendon Rusch was hospitalized on Tuesday night with a blood clot in his right lung, and is done pitching for the season.
Rusch, 31, had a pulmonary embolism, Cubs athletic trainer Mark O'Neal said on Wednesday. The left-hander will remain hospitalized for two to three days, and be on blood-thinning medication for three to six months, O'Neal said.
O'Neal said Rusch was in the weight room at Wrigley Field when he felt pain in the right side of his chest radiating up to his shoulder.
Dr. Stephen Adams, the Cubs physician, determined the problem was not muscle related, and Rusch was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
"Is it life threatening? Yes," O'Neal said. "This was caught early. We're obviously very thankful that we didn't sit on this, and he was evaluated last night.