Jarivs Johnson having surgery today

[BleedGopher]

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Go Gophers!!

 

[MadtownGopher]

Heart?

 

[Moonlight]

Thanks - I'll add my prayers

 

[Golden_Sloth]

Thanks - I'll add my prayers

+1

 

[bga1]

+1

Me too.

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Add mine, too.

 

[Rex]

+1

 

[Go4]

+1, but we kind of need Holy Man to chime in here to make our "+1's" a little more official.

 

[Winasota Gopher]

Any clue what this is for?

Obviously he has heart issues, but we don't know that this has anything to do with it... Could be tonsiles for all we know?

 

[DeathClutch]

They are replacing his defibrillator.

 

[Holy Man]

+1, but we kind of need Holy Man to chime in here to make our "+1's" a little more official.

I'm in, too, and was earlier in the day. Any word from the family yet?

 

[BOUNDOUTPASSDUNK]

http://www.medtronic.com/patients/tachycardia/living-with/replacement/

Can't say if a Medtronic product was implanted, but we all hope for superlative result.

 

[goldenboy]

A "new and improved" model that will allow him to play...? (wishful thinking).

 

[BOUNDOUTPASSDUNK]

Well if he had to replace the defib unit at such a young age, it's pretty clear that the U doctors were right not clearing him to play. Number one obviously we all want Jarvis to be healthy. I can't imagine he could be cleared to play until 2016-17 after a medical redshirt year if all goes well.

 

[El Amin Fan]

Well if he had to replace the defib unit at such a young age, it's pretty clear that the U doctors were right not clearing him to play. Number one obviously we all want Jarvis to be healthy. I can't imagine he could be cleared to play until 2016-17 after a medical redshirt year if all goes well.

He wouldn't need a "medical RS" just a plain RS year.

 

[RochesterHammy]

Well if he had to replace the defib unit at such a young age, it's pretty clear that the U doctors were right not clearing him to play. Number one obviously we all want Jarvis to be healthy. I can't imagine he could be cleared to play until 2016-17 after a medical redshirt year if all goes well.

Most pacemaker/defibrillator batteries last approximately 5 years. It is a quite common procedure switching out the device. Patients spend typically less than 24 hours in the hospital and go home after a couple of x-rays to make sure the lead wires don't move. Probably a good time to have it done, since people get put on light duties afterwards until scar tissue forms over the lead wires holding them in place. Switching out the defibrillator had nothing to do with the U not clearing him. It had to do with the underlying medical condition (cardiomyopathy) that caused them to place a defibrillator in. Cardiomyopathy can cause sudden cardiac arrest which is what happened to him in 8th grade.

 

[Otis]

Good luck to Jarvis!