Barry Bonds on IV

[DeToxRox]

Just saw this on ESPN.com. He's immbolizied with an IV after an infection from his latest surgery. Does anyone ever remember this many complications to an athlete after so many surgeries?

[DeToxRox]

Link: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2063397

and story


DENVER -- They are into Week 7 of life without Barry. And the San Francisco Giants still have no answer to the question that won't go away:



AP Photo/Ben Margot
Bonds has been advised to even stay off crutches at this time.
When is Barry Bonds coming back?

There is no answer because Bonds, according to a number of sources, is attached to an I.V. full of antibiotics 24 hours a day -- with no end to that ordeal in sight.

There is no answer because Bonds is no longer dealing with the aftermath of "just" a baseball injury or "just" a knee operation. He is dealing with a potentially serious post-operative infection that has him essentially immobilized for the foreseeable future.

So there is no timeline for Bonds' rehab, because right now, there is no rehab. Bonds' case is in the hands of Dr. Robert Armstrong, an infectious disease specialist. And that won't change until Dr. Armstrong is certain the infection is completely absent.

That could be a matter of days, but it also could be a matter of weeks. Infections to the knee are particularly precarious -- because of the risk of infection to the bone itself -- and it's believed that Bonds' medical team plans to be extra cautious before deciding to clear him to resume his rehab.

By then, however, Bonds might be so weakened by several weeks of nearly total immobility that his rehab almost certainly will be significantly longer than the normal four-to-six-week schedule that faces most patients following arthroscopic knee surgery.

At this point, it's believed Bonds is even being discouraged from hobbling around on crutches, as he did earlier this month in a visit to SBC Park, because that puts more pressure on his knee than doctors would prefer.

So when is Bonds coming back? It isn't even worth guessing, because there is literally no one who knows the answer.


Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

[Pyser]

he doesnt want to come back.

its all a lie! :)

[Easy Mac]

Just saw this on ESPN.com. He's immbolizied with an IV after an infection from his latest surgery. Does anyone ever remember this many complications to an athlete after so many surgeries?
Grant Hill went through the same thing with his ankle. He supposedly almost died.

[Karlifornia]

Geez, this is terrible news. Second of all as a die-hard Giants fan, but first of all as another human. I hope everything gets taken care of :(

[Ragone]

ah yes, the new curse of the bambino!

[MrBug708]

Damn, not so good. The last thing we need is him being turned into a Saint :(

[Buccaneer]

infectious disease specialist
Probably has to be really good in order to see through the junk that is masking the real infections.

[Deattribution]

I wonder if he's having second thoughts about going with the quack who was under medical investigation to operate on his knee now?

Ever since the whole balco investigation, practically everything Bonds has done has been shady...

[Buccaneer]

I suppose when one is already in a hole, the tendency is to keep digging.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

Must have been serious for him to have it through IV.

[clintl]

I wonder if he's having second thoughts about going with the quack who was under medical investigation to operate on his knee now?

Ever since the whole balco investigation, practically everything Bonds has done has been shady...

Well, Joe Morgan the other gave a long list of prominent athletes who have been treated by Dr. Ting, including Morgan himself and both of his daughters, and praised his work, so I'm not sure that you could can blame Bonds too much for that choice. The guy seems to have a good reputation in the sports world.

[Eaglesfan27]

I can't help but think about how long term steroid usage messes up the immune system.

[Karlifornia]

Yeah....the guy is on IV and idiots are still ragging on him. What a world.

[Anthony]

i hope he dies.

actually, i hope he comes back healthy, and hits 10 more HR's so that he's 1 HR away from tying Ruth's record...

then he dies.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

This was no doubt a nosocomial (caught in hospital) infection.

[Ksyrup]

Well, Joe Morgan the other gave a long list of prominent athletes who have been treated by Dr. Ting, including Morgan himself and both of his daughters, and praised his work, so I'm not sure that you could can blame Bonds too much for that choice. The guy seems to have a good reputation in the sports world.
Not just that, the guy is the team physician for the San Jose Sharks and an MLS team. I've thought the news reports about him the past month have been overblown BS. He's not the first doctor to have action taken against him, and he won't be the last.