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Simms In Critical Condition
TampaBay Online ^ | 24 September 2006 | Tampa Bay Online Staff

Posted on 09/24/2006 5:24:03 PM PDT by buccaneer81

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To: buccaneer81; Admin Moderator

They just announced on NBC that this is not correct and that Simms is OK.

Thank God.


21 posted on 09/24/2006 5:36:03 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Insultification is the polar opposite of Niceosity)
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Bucs' Simms has spleen removed after loss to Carolina
22 posted on 09/24/2006 5:36:24 PM PDT by Hawkeye's Girl
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To: sten
how can ESPN scope them?

Big names equal source material.

23 posted on 09/24/2006 5:36:34 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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biology is not my area. what happens after they remove your spleen? I have seen the Wiki entry [here]. I am not sure how a pro athlete could work without one. Would this be a retirement injury?
24 posted on 09/24/2006 5:40:06 PM PDT by sten
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To: buccaneer81

Prayers out to Chris and his family.

It's official, he's one tough hombre. Hope he recovers well.


25 posted on 09/24/2006 5:43:48 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Offending liberals since 1993)
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To: dfwgator

Relee says they removed his spleen. But your post was a good point about heat stroke in light of the Korey Stringer death.


26 posted on 09/24/2006 5:44:14 PM PDT by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: sten
This is really all I could find:

Following splenectomy, the platelet count may rise to high levels in blood leading to an increased risk of clot formation.

Heparin or Coumadin could possibly counteract this. Of course, they could also lead to excessive bleeding.

27 posted on 09/24/2006 5:46:00 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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he must have really "fractured" his speen. A lot of times watchful waiting is done in order to save the spleen. However people survive and do normal things without spleen.

They are more susceptible to certain times of infection but clotting of the blood isn't that big of an issue.

A hockey player for the Avalanche I believed had a similar injury and thought he'd be back before the end of the playoffs...

The problem is that Simms isn't just you're everyday pedestrian. His spleen is like a bag at the end of an artery. You can take the bag off and "tie" off the artery. But the area where you tie off the pedicle (stump) can be knocked loose and then you'll have tons of bleeding into his belly very quickly and then he may die. So it's advisable to wait a certain amount of time in order for scar tissue to form.

He's a tough dude and should have had a "flak" jacket on in order to minimize this possibility.... I guess when you're young you want the increased mobility and less weight.

But as many here know.... you take off your body armor.... you just might get hit there....

Nobody said life was fair... but the Bucs are scr#wed.

28 posted on 09/24/2006 6:09:01 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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Nobody said life was fair... but the Bucs are scr#wed.

LOL! That was evident in week one!

29 posted on 09/24/2006 6:21:26 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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Shame on you for posting first to breaking news!

Wouldn't want to place with important stuff like "Sunday Morning Talk Crap"

30 posted on 09/24/2006 6:49:22 PM PDT by realpatriot (Some spelling errers entionally included!)
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"Would this be a retirement injury?"

It's a main part of your immune system producing red blood blood cells and storing blood volume. I can't see him having the stamina during an entire football game in the future. I've had my spleen removed and tire much faster than most and run a low grade fever almost everyday. But that's just me. He's lucky he didn't bleed to death!


31 posted on 09/25/2006 5:06:21 AM PDT by poobear (Political Left, continually accusing their foes of what THEY themselves do every day.)
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