Punching Bag Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Amazing coincidence especially with both being in same area at time. http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/rod-carews-new-heart-kidney-came-from-ex-baltimore-raven-konrad-reuland-041417 Carew, 71, had received heart and kidney transplants from an exceptionally healthy 29-year-old man. Unbeknownst to Carew, Konrad Reuland, a little boy he had met nearly 20 years earlier, died three days later. Two days after that, Carew received the call he had been waiting for – he would be getting a new heart and kidney. He underwent a 13-hour procedure to receive the transplants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 the surgery was a success but now carew gets strange cravings for quiche and pinot grigio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Now Rod swings for the fences. Hope he pulls thru, he's been looking rough lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 May he return to the energy that gave us the anecdote that Bill Lee wrote about Rod in his "autobio" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 an amazingingly charitable gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Rod Carew was my favorite player as a kid. My parents got me one of those contraptions where you step on the lever and it pops the ball up so you can swing at it. It was a Rod Carew version and he was my player for a while after that. I hope he is well and gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I guess the post calling him the "epotome" of MLB was scotched. I wouldn't go THAT FAR in my respect of his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Rod Carew was my favorite player as a kid. My parents got me one of those contraptions where you step on the lever and it pops the ball up so you can swing at it. It was a Rod Carew version and he was my player for a while after that. I hope he is well and gets better. Same here. My folks were from the Twin Cities so we always rooted for the Twins. Who else had a Johnny Bench Batter Up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Two more articles: http://stories.baltimoreravens.com/heart-of-a-raven http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/14/konrad-carew-how-an-nfl-players-donated-heart-saved-life-of-a-baseball-hall-of-famer/ The Carews initially had no information about the donor other than the man’s age. But that detail alone was enough to leave them in awe. Rod’s campaign to fight heart disease was called the Heart of 29, in honor of the number he wore throughout his baseball career. They didn’t know it at the time, but he had, in fact, received the heart of 29-year-old Konrad. Very interesting how his lungs started to work afterwards almost as if body was preserving heart and kidney. Carew likes coffee now, which is weird. He couldn’t stand the stuff for his first seven decades on earth, but now he’s constantly asking Rhonda to make him a cup. He likes it with cream, no sugar, just the way Konrad did. The heart wants what it wants. Edited April 17, 2017 by Koolaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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