Former Atlanta Braves outfielder and Falcons defensive back Deion Sanders had emergency surgery over the weekend to remove blood clots in both legs that have been causing problems since he coached at Jackson State.
During his tenure there, the clots resulted in the Hall of Famer having two toes amputated, and many media outlets reported recently he was facing removal of his entire foot.
“There’s no talk of amputation or any of that whatsoever,” the Colorado Buffaloes coach said during a recent episode of “The Pregame Show,” a YouTube channel that covers the football program. “The doctors were just telling me worst comes to worst, this was going to happen, but I believe in staying right so you don’t have to go left.”
Sanders posted a video on Instagram of him updating his children after his first surgery.
“I had a big blood clot in my thigh that they got out, and I had some below my knee that they got out,” he told them. “Then I’ve got one in the right leg that they’re going to get soon.”
Sanders was released from UC Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz on Monday and was home resting, his fiancee, Tracey Edmonds, posted on social media.
Coach Prime told doctors he wanted to take care of any problems during the summer, before college football season starts.
“I don’t have feeling in the bottom of my foot, at all” Sanders told his doctors, according to CBS Sports. “I just want to know what we can do because I want to do it this summer. Because, when we get rolling, I’m not going to have time to do it.”
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