LB Neiron Ball in hospital with vascular condition

[JvilleJohnny]

Florida Gators freshman linebacker Neiron Ball is currently in Shands Hospital being treated for a congenital vascular condition, the University of Florida’s University Athletic Association disclosed on Monday.

Ball, a special teams standout this past season who registered 10 tackles in 13 games, was a four-star recruit coming out of high school.

The Cleveland Clinic defines vascular conditions as any that affect the circulatory system. “This ranges from diseases of your arteries, veins and lymph vessels to blood disorders that affect circulation,” the clinic notes. Due to it being congenital in nature, the condition has existed since birth though it may not have developed until recently.

The Palm Beach Post reported on Wednesday that, according to Ball’s older sister Natalie Myricks, his hospitalization occurred after a blood vessel in his brain ruptured. Though doctors have stabilized him, he is currently in the Intensive Care Unit being monitored. His family is hopeful Ball will make a full recovery with Myricks saying in an e-mail to the Post that “he should be in the clear in three days.”



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[DRU2012]

His HS coach is saying that although he's "on schedule towards a full recovery", Ball will miss Spring practice to "assure that recovery", which in this case I believe means to make sure that the vascular wall at that particular point-failure is completely healed, the original weakness repaired, AND that the congenital condition that produced that weakness has not created any similar potential failures nearby.
Obviously, no gridiron glory is worth a young man's life--and that's what is at stake, in this case. We wish him and his family all love and support, look forward to (hopefully) seeing him on the field these next few years, but are proud and glad he's a Gator, no matter what.

 

[espn760]

Get well soon Neiron!