stillers4me
10-09-2010, 05:08 AM
By John Harris (jharris@tribweb.com), PITTSBURGH
Steelers defensive end Nick Eason recorded his first sack in two years in a recent win against Tampa Bay. It gave him pause because a few months earlier, he was so sick he didn't know if he was going to survive, much less play football again.
"There was a point when I was in the hospital, I didn't think I was going to make it out of there," Eason said about having his appendix and part of his colon removed less than two months before the start of training camp. "I was told appendix surgery is really minor, takes about 20 minutes. I was under for two hours.
"They removed a small part of my (colon) because bacteria had seeped from the appendix into my bowels. I just had so many complications — infections, high blood pressure, high fever, my bowels being inflamed. Every day was something different.".............
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_703464.html
Steelers defensive end Nick Eason recorded his first sack in two years in a recent win against Tampa Bay. It gave him pause because a few months earlier, he was so sick he didn't know if he was going to survive, much less play football again.
"There was a point when I was in the hospital, I didn't think I was going to make it out of there," Eason said about having his appendix and part of his colon removed less than two months before the start of training camp. "I was told appendix surgery is really minor, takes about 20 minutes. I was under for two hours.
"They removed a small part of my (colon) because bacteria had seeped from the appendix into my bowels. I just had so many complications — infections, high blood pressure, high fever, my bowels being inflamed. Every day was something different.".............
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_703464.html