Kjerstad had myocarditis

[Sports Guy]

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2021/02/kjerstad-recovering-from-episode-of-myocarditis.html?fbclid=IwAR30QRmzgJGKWmN0LeulWhWmt_9gSXKCFb5__OWJm6-UT518N6pENOdtA10

[SilverRocket]

I wonder if this is COVID-related, like what happened with Eduardo Rodriguez.

[weams]

Well that is pretty bad news. 

[scOtt]

1 hour ago, weams said:

Well that is pretty bad news. 

Myocarditis is scary stuff! Hope he's better now. Drugs (and a heart attack and a stint ) have helped me IMMENSELY.  EVERY time I go to the doc's my BP is right around 120/80. My cholesterol WAS down.... prolly not great now that I've not been working.

[Moose Milligan]

Hope he's ok.

[joelala]

Wow, very scary stuff. Get well soon kid. 

[NCRaven]

But I thought he was a slacker that didn’t care about preparing for his baseball career.  That’s what some here made it sound like.

[scOtt]

42 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

But I thought he was a slacker that didn’t care about preparing for his baseball career.  That’s what some here made it sound like.

 

[scOtt]

6 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2021/02/kjerstad-recovering-from-episode-of-myocarditis.html?fbclid=IwAR30QRmzgJGKWmN0LeulWhWmt_9gSXKCFb5__OWJm6-UT518N6pENOdtA10

Here's the full zoom call. Full interview.

 

[Frobby]

12 hours ago, SilverRocket said:

I wonder if this is COVID-related, like what happened with Eduardo Rodriguez.

Could well be, but not necessarily.  
“In 2013, about 1.5 million cases of acute myocarditis occurred.  While people of all ages are affected, the young are most often affected.   It is slightly more common in males than females.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis

 

[Tony-OH]

15 hours ago, NCRaven said:

But I thought he was a slacker that didn’t care about preparing for his baseball career.  That’s what some here made it sound like.

No, actually it proved those of us that knew there was more to the story than he just skipped baseball activity to focus on getting his degree. 

It also makes some of the people look foolish who were chastising those who felt a kid should focus on his career once he received such a large bonus because I can guarantee he would have been playing ball had he not been out for medical reasons. 

Saying all that, the most important part here is he seems to be on the mend and his health is the most important thing. 

[NCRaven]

2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

No, actually it proved those of us that knew there was more to the story than he just skipped baseball activity to focus on getting his degree. 

It also makes some of the people look foolish who were chastising those who felt a kid should focus on his career once he received such a large bonus because I can guarantee he would have been playing ball had he not been out for medical reasons. 

Saying all that, the most important part here is he seems to be on the mend and his health is the most important thing. 

I agree.  But some did criticize his “decision” to forego baseball activities.

[Can_of_corn]

9 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

I agree.  But some did criticize his “decision” to forego baseball activities.

Everyone that said anything allowed that it was a good thing for him to get a degree if he had a legitimate reason for not playing beyond getting his degree.

We all accepted that our knowledge was incomplete.

I don't think any of us thought he just decided to blow off his professional debut to get his degree.

[rudyrooster]

2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

No, actually it proved those of us that knew there was more to the story than he just skipped baseball activity to focus on getting his degree. 

It also makes some of the people look foolish who were chastising those who felt a kid should focus on his career once he received such a large bonus because I can guarantee he would have been playing ball had he not been out for medical reasons. 

Saying all that, the most important part here is he seems to be on the mend and his health is the most important thing. 

Amen brother.

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, NCRaven said:

I agree.  But some did criticize his “decision” to forego baseball activities.

Well they were going off the bad reports that said he was attending school rather than going to the instructional league workouts. Had it been reported correctly, they would have said he was attending school since he could not partake in baseball activities. 

I realize HIPPA rules get involve here when it comes to non-baseball related illnesses and injuries, but it could have been reported better. not sure if that was a reporting issue or an issue of the Orioles not being clear.