Steelers staff hurt TJ Watt

[Just Jack]

Steelers Star T.J. Watt Hospitalized With Lung Issue After Experiencing ‘Discomfort’ at Team Facility

 

Rumor mill says they were giving him pain killers and stuck the needle to deep, puncturing his lung. 

 

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“T.J. Watt is currently in a local hospital for further medical evaluation of his lung after experiencing discomfort at the practice facility on Wednesday,” the team said in a statement released Thursday, December 11. “He will not be at practice on Thursday, and his status for Monday night’s game vs. Miami is in question. Coach [Mike] Tomlin will provide more updates at the appropriate time.” ESPN’s Adam Schefter later revealed that Watt, 31, first reported the injury while receiving an unspecified treatment before he was hospitalized.

 

 

[co_springs_billsfan]

Somebody find out if it was Tyrod's doc from Chargers

[Buffalo716]

O jeez

[US Egg]

Here’s hoping the best. If it’s akin to Tyrod’s incident, he was home the next day.

[Richard Noggin]

Hurts the Steelers, which is fine by me.

 

Also hurts the Dolphins, because more meaningless wins for them will mean worse draft position, I guess? 

 

And also hurts the Patriots, if the Bills win on Sunday, because a motivated week 18 Dolphins team on an impressive late-season run could be formidable with momentum and nothing to lose?

 

And moreover, hopefully, helps ALL players by shining another light on player health and medical treatment, given that we've potentially seen this type of procedure-caused "injury" play out previously (and with MAJOR impact to the player in question: Tyrod Taylor of course)?

[Kelly to Allen]

Hope he's okay. Happened to Tyrod too

[BuffaloBillies]

How deep is the lung? Gotta risk it that close?! Seems like something that should never happen. 

[JoshAllin]

Need Steelers at the 4th seed

[US Egg]

5 minutes ago, BBills said:

That’s a pretty Billsy move by the Pittsburgh trainers.  😂

You really like using that term. Add the y already.

[haroldwaide]

If this was the same Procedure Tyrod had, and it probably was, then that is lousy luck.. as an LPN, I have to question what safety protocols are in place to prevent this type of injury from happening.  Either way, I'm praying for a speedy recovery .

 

[Herc11]

I HIGHLY doubt this had anything to do with pain killers being administered and "popping" a lung. You wouldn't be putting a local that deep and through the ribs. Locals aren't given that deep and neither are opioids or nsaids.

 

Maybe he had a pleural effusion and they were doing a thoracentesis. That very well could have done it, and it happens more frequently than you would imagine.

Edited 3 hours ago by Herc11

[QB Bills]

45 minutes ago, JoshAllin said:

Need Steelers at the 4th seed

Exactly. Don't want the ravens winning that division 

[JoshAllin]

3 minutes ago, QB Bills said:

Exactly. Don't want the ravens winning that division 

Things also opens up for Burrow if miami wins and they take care of the ravens

[US Egg]

I experienced a sort of similar procedure decades ago, before MRI’s, that required precision and risks. Had to get myelogram injections in the ‘80’s, a spinal tap to inject dye into the spinal fluid. I had 3 done, one at a time, minimal pain med/anesthetic is given.

 

Basically you bite the bullet as the needle is inserted in and hope no nerve gets knicked, which mine weren’t, but they do get touched, mine did. It shoots pain bolts down your legs and causes hard back spasms but you cannot move from them, if you do the dye can leak and cause unbearable headaches, though some sort of headache is typical as most do move a little, and laying flat for 24hrs. afterwards is common to relieve it.

 

I got through it well and only had to lay flat for about 4hrs afterwards as I developed no headache at all.

[Herc11]

5 minutes ago, US Egg said:

I experienced a sort of similar procedure decades ago, before MRI’s, that required precision and risks. Had to get myelogram injections in the ‘80’s, a spinal tap to inject dye into the spinal fluid. I had 3 done, one at a time, minimal pain med/anesthetic is given.

 

Basically you bite the bullet as the needle is inserted in and hope no nerve gets knicked, which mine weren’t, but they do get touched, mine did. It shoots pain bolts down your legs and causes hard back spasms but you cannot move from them, if you do the dye can leak and cause unbearable headaches, though some sort of headache is typical as most do move a little, and laying flat for 24hrs. afterwards is common to relieve it.

 

I got through it well and only had to lay flat for about 4hrs afterwards as I developed no headache at all.

 

Ya, those headaches are typically a result of CSF leaking from the injection site. If it persists, they have to go back in and fix the leak

Edited 1 hour ago by Herc11

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

2 hours ago, BuffaloBillies said:

How deep is the lung? Gotta risk it that close?! Seems like something that should never happen. 

Can’t remember where I saw this but apparently the Steelers facility is attached to a very cutting edge medical imaging center where they could easily use an ultrasound when they do injections like that and I guess they just don’t?  
 

I don’t know that it’s a tyrod Taylor type thing though 

Edited 1 hour ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[Herc11]

26 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Can’t remember where I saw this but apparently the Steelers facility is attached to a very cutting edge medical imaging center where they could easily use an ultrasound when they do injections like that and I guess they just don’t?  
 

I don’t know that it’s a tyrod Taylor type thing though 

 

You really don't need cutting edge tech. I've seen dr's use their phones with an ultrasound attachment to find pleural effusions, visualize the heart, etc...

 

We don't at bedside all the time. They locate a pocket of fluid big enough to safely drain, mark the spot, insert a needle with catheter until fluid begins to drain, pull the needle leaving the cath and wait until it's done draining. Pull the cath and all done. The margin for error is small though. Go to far and you cause a pneumo

Edited 1 hour ago by Herc11

[Mike in Horseheads]

3 hours ago, co_springs_billsfan said:

Somebody find out if it was Tyrod's doc from Chargers

LOL...first thing I thought of. Of course the Chargers pry did it on purpose so they could see what Herbert was worth.

Edited 1 hour ago by Mike in Horseheads