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07-14-2005, 10:52 PM
"Fred Hoiberg was face down on the floor, unconscious, the pool of blood near his head spreading ominously. One week removed from heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic, one day removed from the implantation of a permanent pacemaker, the Timberwolves reserve shooting guard had gasped and blacked out after climbing stairs in his first few hours back at home. His wife, Carol, in the kitchen, heard Hoiberg fall and rushed to him, punching in 911 along the way. "It was probably as scary a moment as I've had in my life," Hoiberg said Wednesday, meeting with reporters for the first time since the surgery. "And I'm sure it was as scary a moment as my wife has had in her life. She said my eyes had rolled back in my head."
"Hoiberg talked to the sports reporters against a Wolves backdrop, a few yards from his team's locker room, as the Lynx faced the Detroit Shock in a WNBA game on the Target Center court. He has one year left on a contract that will pay him $1.7 million this season, active or not. His surgeons, Dr. Hartzell Schaff and Dr. Rakesh Suri, even released a statement Wednesday that said: "All tests indicate that his heart is functioning normally and that he will be able to return to training and playing basketball in the future."
"Now, he (Hoiberg) has been instructed to lift nothing heavier than five pounds (a gallon of milk weighs eight). A trip to the mailbox and back was a big deal Tuesday. He has been warned about likely bouts with depression and extreme emotions, apparently common in heart patients. "I look in the mirror, I'm losing my hair," Hoiberg said. "I'm as pale as I've ever been -- which is saying something ... But we'll get through it." Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Hoiberg talked to the sports reporters against a Wolves backdrop, a few yards from his team's locker room, as the Lynx faced the Detroit Shock in a WNBA game on the Target Center court. He has one year left on a contract that will pay him $1.7 million this season, active or not. His surgeons, Dr. Hartzell Schaff and Dr. Rakesh Suri, even released a statement Wednesday that said: "All tests indicate that his heart is functioning normally and that he will be able to return to training and playing basketball in the future."
"Now, he (Hoiberg) has been instructed to lift nothing heavier than five pounds (a gallon of milk weighs eight). A trip to the mailbox and back was a big deal Tuesday. He has been warned about likely bouts with depression and extreme emotions, apparently common in heart patients. "I look in the mirror, I'm losing my hair," Hoiberg said. "I'm as pale as I've ever been -- which is saying something ... But we'll get through it." Minneapolis Star Tribune