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knoonan991
04-01-2011, 02:20 PM
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/article_332f9d6a-5c89-11e0-a54e-0019bb30f31a.html

Huge loss for the Cardinals.

He'll likely be out for 4-6 weeks.
Redlegs_87
04-01-2011, 02:24 PM
What an awful day for this to happen Cardinal fans are going to think its a mean joke at first. What a punch in the gut for them.

Also hope the surgery goes well. Best wishes to Holliday.
Pony Boy
04-01-2011, 02:38 PM
I'm no doctor, but a 4-6 week recovery from an appendectomy seems extremely conservative. I would think he would be back in about 2 weeks or even less.
mroby85
04-01-2011, 03:34 PM
I was going to post this when I heard it on ESPN and figured everyone would think it was an april fools joke as well, haha. St. Louis is having some of the worst luck i've ever seen this year. Hope it continues.
bounty37h
04-01-2011, 03:43 PM
I was going to post this when I heard it on ESPN and figured everyone would think it was an april fools joke as well, haha. St. Louis is having some of the worst luck i've ever seen this year. Hope it continues.

^ Can I get a witness!!! :beerme: Hate it for the individuals, but couldnt happen to a better group overall IMO.
Helms1
04-01-2011, 03:46 PM
Not emergent or ruptured. Laproscopic surgery. Much easier than gallbladder. 2 weeks is very doable. He is an athlete, no incision, already rehabbing.
knoonan991
04-01-2011, 05:57 PM
I'm no doctor, but a 4-6 week recovery from an appendectomy seems extremely conservative. I would think he would be back in about 2 weeks or even less.

That could very well be, I probably should've specified that the article inferred that the timetable would be 4-6 weeks.
Drugs Delaney
04-01-2011, 06:49 PM
Not emergent or ruptured. Laproscopic surgery. Much easier than gallbladder. 2 weeks is very doable. He is an athlete, no incision, already rehabbing.

3 seems about right. Lots of pain the first week. Feel pretty normal the 2nd, but still would be tough to come back and do something like swing a bat. I'm guessing he's looking at about 3 weeks, April 20th or so.
DannyB
04-01-2011, 07:26 PM
When I had mine I felt fine within a week but the doc would not release me for 3.I know its weird but even though I didn't have any pain I lost some stamina for a good 6 months.
Swampturkey
04-01-2011, 07:47 PM
I will go on record saying I thought it was an April Fools Day joke for about 30 seconds until I started getting several texts and reading news online that it wasn't.
foxfire123
04-01-2011, 11:28 PM
I'm no doctor, but a 4-6 week recovery from an appendectomy seems extremely conservative. I would think he would be back in about 2 weeks or even less.

Unless it burst and he's dealing with peritonitis or something....

I dislike the guy, but man, this sucks.
Jefferson24
04-02-2011, 01:06 AM
Kid on my little league team had it happen right before the season started. He wasn't released to play that year (8 week season). His actually burst though.
Newport Red
04-02-2011, 11:14 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6283806

Holliday may skip the DL.
KYRedLeg
04-02-2011, 11:29 PM
What an awful day for this to happen Cardinal fans are going to think its a mean joke at first. What a punch in the gut for them.

Also hope the surgery goes well. Best wishes to Holliday.

I see what you did there...
AintlifeGrande
04-03-2011, 12:27 AM
It's been a long time coming,but there's a new Sheriff in town in the Central Division.