Edmonds could seriously be in bad Shape

by DimitroffVodka on Aug 16, 2006 5:57 PM EDT

This is from Bernie off his forum

"This could be a big deal...

At least, Edmonds has a serious post-concussion syndrome...

not in lineup tonite...not sure when he will play again...

could be diabetes, hypoglycemia...other serious illnesses... checking everything.... team concerned.... ran a battery of tests today, including a vision exam.

Edmonds didn't even know -- a day after -- when he came out of the game last night ... he thought it was the second or third inning....can't see very well... had a hard time seeing the ball last night... driving home last night, couldn't see the traffic signs.

Edmonds talked to Strauss about 15 minutes ago... says he's really mystified and troubled.

--B"

Tweet Comment 13 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

shit

by PGeorge @ Viva El Birdos on Aug 16, 2006 7:47 PM EDT reply actions

Ugh.

Get better, Jimmy.

by Valatan on Aug 16, 2006 8:00 PM EDT reply actions

This is not good...

I think Matheny is out for the year due to post-concussion.

Maybe Walt will be looking on the waiver wire for a CF: Cruz or newly released Preston "K" Wilson. Oh God.

Anybody know when J-Rod is eligible to come back to the big club?

by jdubya on Aug 16, 2006 8:08 PM EDT reply actions

I think

I think I remember reading some where he can come back the 19th or the 20th of August.

by DimitroffVodka on Aug 16, 2006 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

If he's replacing a DLed player...

he can come back any time.

Obsessions of a Cardinal Fan

by Quietude on Aug 16, 2006 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow

That's pretty scary. Poor guy. In the meantime, a Marquis for Shawn Green trade would be really nice right now.

by aet15 on Aug 16, 2006 8:13 PM EDT reply actions

They just said

Oh man, They just said on TV that Edmonds has had blurred vision for a few weeks and just not told anyone. Not cool.

by DimitroffVodka on Aug 16, 2006 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

Ugh

that's even worse. Not something to mess around with: if he had let people know ASAP, something could be done, but this isn't something that goes away.

by SirVLCIV on Aug 16, 2006 9:27 PM EDT reply actions

Well, in Jimmy's defense...

he's had a reputation in the past for "not playing through injuries," so he may not have wanted to seem like a whiner, especially with his contract status up in the air. I'm not saying that reputation's deserved (witness last year, when he helped carry the offense while patched up with duct tape and baling wire) but you don't want a knock on your work ethic in a contract year.

I think if he's gonna be healthy by next year, we owe it to him to work out a deal to stay. Whether it was smart or not, the guy went out there and played seriously hurt without telling anyone because we needed him.

Obsessions of a Cardinal Fan

by Quietude on Aug 16, 2006 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Jimmy not a whiner?

Have you been paying attention to his comments in the papers recently?

The 26th Man

by 26thMan on Aug 17, 2006 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

He is also already

He is already scheduled for Shoulder surgey after the season is over with.

by DimitroffVodka on Aug 16, 2006 10:50 PM EDT reply actions

poor jimmy...

he's not getting attiquite feedback from walt about being traded or staying in stl, and now he has to deal with this? i say, work out the contract, have him stay next year, and let him rest up and recooperate instead of pushing him to 'proove himself' for his contract extention.

~Fox~

by pujols5 on Aug 16, 2006 10:56 PM EDT reply actions

Update

ST. LOUIS -- Whatever Jim Edmonds is dealing with -- and at this point it appears to be post-concussion syndrome -- it is something to be taken seriously. Edmonds, removed from the Cardinals' Tuesday night game against Cincinnati, underwent a series of medical tests on Tuesday and Wednesday in an attempt to narrow down what is causing his discomfort.

"I was in the hospital, in the MRI tube last night for an hour," Edmonds said on Wednesday afternoon. "Today I've been to two different places, basically just doing everything. [They] did blood work today just to make sure it wasn't something else -- an infection, all the way down to having low blood sugar, to being a nutritional problem, to being some kind of something else. We're just testing everything we can to see what happens."

The most likely scenario, however, is that Edmonds is encountering the effects of post-concussion syndrome. He sustained a concussion on June 21 in Chicago, missing three games. For the past several days, he has experienced symptoms similar to those that bothered him in June.

"I've noticed it off and on for a while," Edmonds said. "But I've just really felt bad the last four or five days, just kind of clueless. I started to notice it when I tried to catch two fly balls on Saturday night. One almost came out of my glove and one I almost missed. You probably wouldn't have noticed it on TV, but it didn't feel very normal. That's when I started thinking about it."

Diabetes and hypoglycemia are among the conditions that Edmonds and the medical staff hope to rule out. In the meantime, he will be held out of active duty, though not placed on the disabled list. Juan Encarnacion started in center field on Wednesday night.

Edmonds speculated that either of a couple of dives in the outfield in recent days might have brought on the dizzy spells and blurred vision, but he emphasized that he's most uncertain as to exactly what's going on.

by DimitroffVodka on Aug 16, 2006 11:48 PM EDT reply actions