Player Discussion Patrick Eaves

[AngelDuck]

I had a bacterial infection that resulted in endocarditis and open heart surgery. Those can get really nasty. Don't know if I've heard of a situation like this with a virus though

 

[Arthuros]

Massive relief, both on the ice and off.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Wow, that's crazy. Great to hear Eaves has recovered and good to have him back. Scary year for him for sure.

 

[Kalv]

What a hell for him and his family. But very happy he`s recovered, I look forward to seeing him in Ducks jersey again.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

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.

Great news. Glad to hear that he's healthy & that it isn't Guillain-Barre.
It must have been Dr. Gregory House that confirmed he was misdiagnosed, he always gets it right.

 

[navyduck]

I love the final paragraph of the article where if it wasn't for the fact that Anaheim won against the Sens in 5, he might not have met his wife, Katie.