Player Discussion Patrick Eaves

[Ducks DVM]

Definitely premature but sadly not out of the question. It'll be a tough task for someone his age to bounce back from this by the looks of things.

Depends entirely on how bad it got before they caught it. If they got his blood flushed out and/Or gave the antibody treatments before there was too much nerve damage then he may well be fine relatively quickly. The fact that he was getting such intensive medical care because he's an athlete means he's probably far better off than if he was just some guy who let the symptoms go on for quite some time until he was actually paralyzed.

 

[Static]

I wonder if he even plays at all this year. Pretty terrible for the guy.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

My ex wife had this,,and its very very scary if not caught,,could have lead to being put on a resporaitor.Heavy meds and tons of monitoring,,,she started loosing feeling in her legs..thats how it started...she recovered after a few weeks,,but we caught it in time...all the best to patrick.....

 

[TheStuntman]

Like wow, Ducks sure are unlucky this year with injuries, holy smokes!

 

[TopShelfWaterBottle]

Does anyone think bob
Makes a move now?

 

[JabbaJabba]

Not good, hopefully everything goes well for Eaves and he recovers.

 

[Kalv]

All the best to Patrick and his family! Good sign that Ducks stated that he is expected to recover fully!

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Best wishes to him and speedy recovery. That said, allocating that money and some extra to Perron sure seems like a much better idea now.

 

[caliamad]

I think based on Murray's comments it sounds a lot like the depress situation.

im not sure he plays in the nhl again at least not this year.

 

[Elvs]

Horrible news. I hope Eaves makes a full recovery so he can continue living a normal life.

 

[Paul4587]

Ah man this sucks. I hope for the best for Eaves and that he can make a full recovery.

In terms of long term prognosis, he has this for life right? Is this the type of thing that caught early means he lives a normal life again or will it alter his life expectancy and quality of life later on?

 

[Dryish]

Ah man this sucks. I hope for the best for Eaves and that he can make a full recovery.

In terms of long term prognosis, he has this for life right? Is this the type of thing that caught early means he lives a normal life again or will it alter his life expectancy and quality of life later on?

It's not MS. 80-90% of the people that get Guillain-Barre make full recoveries within a year, and the prognosis is better the sooner the condition is discovered. The remaining 10-20% can suffer from the effects of the disease for the rest of their life, but even in their cases the condition usually stops getting worse with treatment. It can be lethal very fast without adequate care, though.

In Eaves' case, hard to say really. They say they caught it at its early phases, so it might be a few months of conditioning and he's back. Or, alternatively, it can end his career. Too early to say. Most likely his life outside hockey won't be permanently affected, though.

 

[70sSanO]

First priority is for Eaves to get well. At 33 he has his whole life after hockey ahead of him. The team just needs to focus on his recovery.

Not sure what Bob will do. This is already a tough season and who knows what things will look like at the trade deadline. I'm pretty sure he'll wait until everyone is back and assesses our chances before tossing some coin to get someone like Perron.

John

 

[lwvs84]

My mom was talking to a doctor, it sounds like depending on how early it was caught, there are treatments that can get him back this season (3-6 months). I'd assume he has access to the very best treatments available. Hopefully it was caught early enough that there is no real damage done. Hopefully it was in the beginning stages and, even if he can't come back this season, he has no long-term effects.

 

[darkwingduck]

Got to be thankful he’s a hockey player, they get regular checkups and anything abnormal gets examined. Probably a big reason to being caught early, which I’m thankful he’s at least expected to make a full recovery.

 

[Frosted Tips]

I had some free time and since Eaves' name has been popping up lately in the discussions again, it inspired me to look for other athletes who have suffered from the Guillain–Barré syndrome and what happened to them.

Conveniently I found a Wikipedia article of List of people with Guillain–Barré syndrome. I checked every athlete who was diagnosed during their active career and came up with 7 cases:

1. Tom Edlefsen, diagnosed 1967, 26 yo. A tennis player who was sidelined for 6 months. Experienced a full paralysis, but returned to play and reached 4th round in Wimbledon the following year.
2. Rowdy Gaines, diagnosed 1991, 32 yo. A swimmer who was sidelined for 6 months. After recovery re-gained world class times.
3. Serge Payer, diagnosed 1999, 20 yo. An ice hockey player who reached NHL after recovery and went on to have a 13 year old pro career after the illness.
4. Fabio Pisacane, diagnosed 2000, 14 yo. A soccer player who experienced a full paralysis and spent 20 days in coma. Had a pro debut after recovery in 2005 and finally reached the top level of Italian football and had his Serie A debut 2016.
5. Morten Wieghorst, diagnosed 2000, 29 yo. A soccer player who was sidelined for a year, but was able to continue his pro career for 4 more years and appeared in the Danish national team after illness.
6. Markus Babbel, diagnosed 2001, 29 yo. A soccer player who continued playing in the European top leagues, Premier League and Bundesliga after his illness. He was sidelined for 15 months.
7. Mike Egener, diagnosed 2013, 29 yo. An ice hockey player who was sidelined for 3 months. He continues to play in the British top league.

Not saying this list confirms that Eaves will return to play and be able to maintain his level. Not saying I'm any kind of an expert on this subject and can't say I'm very familiar with these above mentioned athletes and their careers before and after the diagnosis. However I find this list comforting. Probably the athletes whose careers ended there just aren't listed because they never became the popular feel good story and the most notable prospects never became affected with this rare disease.

Here's hoping Patrick Eaves will be another addition to this list and help the Ducks in their pursuit for more Stanley Cups from next year on. This season is probably over for him already as there are no reports of him skating and the aforementioned recovery times suggest that it'll take at least 6-12 months to recover.

Have a nice Saturday everyone!

 

[Opak]

Don't know if others will agree with me, but I thought he walked a bit gingerly during the puck drop ceremony vs Winnipeg. Not sure whether that was just him being careful around his kids, but it just stuck out to me.

Hopefully he makes a full recovery.

 

[BiolaRunner]

He skated on Saturday.

 

[Paul4587]

Good to hear. I’m not expecting him back this season but at least he’s able to get back out on the ice.

 

[BiolaRunner]

Good to hear. I’m not expecting him back this season but at least he’s able to get back out on the ice.

I highly doubt we see him play this season. It is a huge step in the right direction though.

 

[GreatBear]

The best everyone can hope for is that he can play again starting next season.

 

[Paul4587]

There’s a long article about Eaves in the athletic by Stephens and Dillman about his condition, recovery and plans to be in the lineup next year.

To summarise:

- Eaves’s family all came down with viruses just before the season started, eventually Eaves ended up getting sick and it really effected him physically which is why he missed the first part of the season.

- in his first game back he knew something was wrong, he wasn’t skating right and wasn’t strong, he only got worse in his second game having all sorts of issues including feeling like he couldn’t breath.

- after getting diagnosed with Guillain-Barre he stared getting treatment. He couldn’t walk or do anything and treatment wasn’t helping.

- he then saw a specialist who is an expert in Guillain-Barre. Turns out he did not have Guillain-Barre and had been misdiagnosed. They still have no idea what Eaves has but The official diagnosis is now post viral syndrome.

- he then went and saw a strength and conditioning coach who essentially had to teach him how to walk again. Slowly but surely he regained all his strength etc

- he will be ready for the season opener. The reason he wasn’t back late last season was because of a shoulder issue which was caused doing a pressup way back in November.

- Murray says he’s fit and takes care of himself so isn’t worried about performance issues.

That’s about it, it was a long article so I have probably missed some points. Pretty crazy year for Eaves. It does sound like we can expect him to contribute next season though and while I’m not expecting him to be in the top 6 I think he can be pencilled in for bottom 6 line duties.

 

[dracom]

What’s with our players needing to learn to walk again? First Kes and now Eaves.

It’s great that he’s feeling healthy enough to play, but anyone expecting anything more than a somewhat decent 4th liner is probably going to be disappointed. Still hate that contract.

 

[duckaroosky]

Jesus, what was the virus? Not that I want to get any virus but I would definitely like to steer clear of whatever it was that rampaged through the Eaves household.

 

[Terry Yake]

so he didn't have guillain-barre?

what a weird and crazy situation