"That's not our main concern, getting Eric back," said linemate John LeClair. "Our main concern is getting Eric healthy.''
Here's the June Update! It was reported that Eric is doing A LOT better and will be back this next season! YAY! Flyers 2000!!!!
For those of you who don't
know (and why you are here is beyond us! but thanks for the support!),
"As first reported by ESPN's Al Morganti, center Eric Lindros will sit
out the rest of the regular season with a collapsed right lung he suffered
Thursday night in the Philadelphia Flyers' victory against the Nashville
Predators, the team said Friday."
Here's
the full report from ESPN on it.
from Reggie's The
Unofficial Eric Lindros website:
The latest news about Eric's
injury from the Baptist Hospital in Nashville, acccording to a Flyer official,
is that Eric will be back in about 2-3 weeks. . . If you want more information
call Flyers Fan Fone at (215) 551-1111, it will be updated every day at
4 PM.
April 21, 1999 TO Star Article
Guess who's in TO for the
playoffs (well, not to play, but here's the full story)
Click
here
USA Today...April 4...Says he's feelin' better (relative to Friday-has some medical info towards the end of the article)
ESPNs report on the 5th...click
here
"Lindros's father urges under
caution"...click
here
Yahoo update (the 8th) from AP wire
Here's some of Infobeat's updates (updated the 19th)
Another good Eric page with
info and updated articles:
http://www.geocities.com/~ice_angel/
NHLPA has a video from his press conference
The Press Conference (Thanks
Natasha!)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Eric
Lindros hasn't ruled out returning to the Philadelphia Flyers for the NHL
playoffs, though he said his status will be determined by what doctors
say about his recovery from a collapsed lung.
"The worst-case scenario is I don't come back until September. But I think
because of the jump-start we had here and the good care here, I might be
on my way back much sooner than that," Lindros said today at a news conference
at Baptist Hospital.
Lindros, who was admitted last Friday, planned to check out this afternoon
and fly back to Philadelphia.
Lindros appeared weak. He was pale and coughed intermittently during the
news conference. Still, he said he is "getting better every day."
His brother Brett, who has been with him since Saturday, said if there
is any way Lindros can play and not risk further injury, he will.
"You know Eric. He always wants to play," he said.
Doctors have said Lindros will need at least 3-4 weeks to regenerate the
blood he lost during the ordeal that began with an injury last Thursday
in a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators. The playoffs begin April
21.
"I think we have to go with the assumption that he's not going to be back,"
Flyers general manager Bob Clarke said Wednesday. "We have to prepare that
way and play that way. We can't sit and hope and hope and hope. With that
serious an injury, who knows?"
Asked if Lindros would miss all of the playoffs or only the first round,
Clarke said, "When the doctors say he can play, he can play. That's the
way it's going to be."
Lindros, one of the toughest players and most dominant scorers in the NHL,
has endured all kinds of injuries in his career. But this was much more
serious than some of the most common maladies in the hard-hitting sport.
His collapsed lung, which filled with about six pints of blood, was termed
life-threatening if it hadn't been treated.
Lindros has said he didn't realize anything was wrong until hours after
the game. "He didn't recognize the seriousness of his injury. His
pain threshold is so high," Dr. Richard Garman of the Predators said today.
Lindros' father and agent, Carl Lindros, said Wednesday he is concerned
his son might feel pressure to return to the ice before he is physically
ready.
"I have to wait for the doctors
to convince me that he is going to be playing in the near future," he said.
"Eric is going to make the final decision."
Flyers physician Dr. Jeff
Hartzell spoke with Lindros' father this week and reassured him nothing
would be done to jeopardize his son's health."
We'll try to update this on
how E's doin' as often as we can! Thanks a bunch for stoppin' by,
and leave Eric a message (we aren't promising that he'll get it, but it's
worth the wishes and tries!
Oh, and if by some miracle
of a chance Eric stops by...besides us (Suz & Amanda) sayin' HEY!!!!!
We hope you're doin' better! Keep smilin' and you got TONS of people
out there wishin' ya the best! *side note from Amanda:
hi brett! (sorry, had to!)*....why don't you leave a
get well message to him!
Please have some respect and
don't go yellin', or b*tchin' at the guy!
Leave
a Get Well Message for Eric!
Read
all the support Eric's fans are givin' him!