hifigator
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Post by hifigator on May 13, 2008 11:48:03 GMT -5
More Gators in the news... Some freshman lineman shot in a park in Tampa. Go Gators! Yeah, details are still sketchy. His name is Matt Patchen and his dad starred for Miami. He was a Miami verbal and considered a certain future Cane, but jumped to Florida late causing a lot of questions from down south. Originally recruited as OL, but switched to DL and is a surprise in battling for a starting job as true freshman. In any case, the bullet is lodged in the back near the shoulder and they decided to leave it in. He is supposed to be fully recovered in 10 days. I think he will consider himself very fortunate.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on May 13, 2008 16:55:01 GMT -5
I dunno about you, but the idea of playing D-line with a bullet lodged in my back just does not sound like a good time.
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Post by hifigator on May 14, 2008 14:16:25 GMT -5
I dunno about you, but the idea of playing D-line with a bullet lodged in my back just does not sound like a good time. Yeah, we were talking about that Monday night at the bar and apparently it (leaving the bullet in) is not as odd as I might have guessed. There are just certain places that the risks of surfery outweigh the benefits. This nurse friend rattled off a few phrases I didn't comprehend as to potential complications and I guess the point is that the bullet isn't going to do any more damage in the future. I do remember hearing something about it being in "soft tissue," but I don't really understand the significance of thet.
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