Thursday, March 25, 2010

Real Article #3: Sitting out for a while ?

NBA Denver Nuggets coach, George Karl, might be sitting out for the rest of the season due to an unfortunate disease of throat and neck cancer. This isn't the first time Karl has been diagnosed with the disease. He's a proud surviver of prostate cancer which he overcame a few years ago. Right now he is doing radiation and chemotherapy treatment. His girlfriend, Kim Van Deraa, wrote on one of her blogs that he was rushed to a hospital and stayed there for a week! The cause of it was blood clots in the lungs and legs. He was given a procedure where a filter was put in his stomache so it would catch any blood clots before it catches his life. Adrian Dantley has been serving as a head coach for the time being and the 8 games George Karl was not able to coach. The good news is that the blood clots are gone and he is recovering from the procedure. He does not know whether or not if he will be able to return to the basketball court and coach again for this season. His doctors do not know if they are going to give him another dose of medicine that would delay him from going back.

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