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Max Sapp in hospital
« on: December 30, 2008, 11:55:50 pm »
Went in for sinus surgery and contracted meningitits. Been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and is currently on a respirator.  Scary.

Astros.com story
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 05:53:19 am »
Wow, that is scary. I hope the kid gets well soon.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 08:11:21 am »
Scary, but this IS a diet plan that may work for the kid
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 08:48:31 am »
Quote from: Andyzipp on December 31, 2008, 08:11:21 am
Scary, but this IS a diet plan that may work for the kid

Why post anything past "Scary"?
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 09:34:05 am »
Quote from: Andyzipp on December 31, 2008, 08:11:21 am
Scary, but this IS a diet plan that may work for the kid
Do we have a "poor taste" award? ... Not that this would be the only nomination, just wondering.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 04:12:42 pm »
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081231&content_id=3730791&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

Apparently he's breathing without the respirator now, but has "significant memory loss." Hopefully the recovery/therapy goes well.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009, 09:14:58 am »
Sapp improving

Apparently the sinus condition that is underlying this may date back to August 2007.  So how does this relate to his past performance?

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assistant general manager Ricky Bennett was hesitant to make assumptions that could only be categorized as speculative.

"Looking back on the last year or two, Max has missed a number of games because of small, nagging issues that never seemed to go away but I can't say that this particular condition caused any 'lack of performance' on Max's part," Bennett said. "When players continue to miss time for various reasons, it's always a concern because it affects their overall development. Hopefully, knowing what we know now, we can keep him healthy and he can become much more productive in 2009. It's a big year for Max and he realizes that."

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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2009, 10:38:09 am »
Having survived viral meningitis, I can only feel for Sapp. That was the first time that I ever truly felt that I was going to die.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2009, 10:54:09 am »
Amazing how quickly it went from:

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"We're not thinking about baseball right now," Bennett said. "We have to get him healthy and back to normal. That's all that matters right now."
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Hopefully, knowing what we know now, we can keep him healthy and he can become much more productive in 2009. It's a big year for Max and he realizes that."

I'm glad that the shift in attitude indicates he's getting better.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2009, 12:13:32 pm »
Quote from: Mr. Happy on January 08, 2009, 10:38:09 am
Having survived viral meningitis, I can only feel for Sapp. That was the first time that I ever truly felt that I was going to die.

psssst: you are.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2009, 01:34:01 pm »
Quote from: JimR on January 08, 2009, 12:13:32 pm
psssst: you are.

Thanks for the reminder. However, I have been much more sanguine about mortality since then.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2009, 04:31:33 am »
Quote from: JimR on January 08, 2009, 12:13:32 pm
psssst: you are.

As if I wasn't having enough trouble getting to sleep (it's 4:30 AM and I'm posting for crying out loud).  Guess I'll go brew a pot of coffee and watch the first of 18 SportsCenters for the day.  I understand there was a football game on last night...
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2009, 04:58:33 pm »
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2009, 05:26:43 pm »
Quote from: jonbloozy on January 09, 2009, 04:58:33 pm
Released today

One of the few times we will celebrate a release on this site.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2009, 04:06:42 pm »
Quote from: Duman on January 09, 2009, 05:26:43 pm
One of the few times we will celebrate a release on this site.

Absolutely. When I had viral meningitis, I had fever of 100 or greater for thirty consecutive days. It took me six months to really recover. It may hamper Sapp much of this season, I fear.
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Re: Max Sapp in hospital
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2009, 12:39:07 pm »
Quote from: jonbloozy on January 09, 2009, 04:58:33 pm
Released today

I had to check... to clarify, Sapp was released from the hospital, not by the Astros.
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