[jcmanson]

Does anyone know what's going on with him? Courtesy of facebook - " Still in the hospital things aint goin any better. keep the prayers up! 4 nights 5 days bout to go insane!"

[LUnpretty11]

My buddy posted something similar. Apparently something happened to his appendix

[SuperJon]

He had an appendectomy and the doctor screwed up pretty bad. He's been in the hospital for a few days and it got pretty rough for a while. From what I was told last night it seems like the worst is over and he'd be able to eat some solid foods today and would start to build his strength back up so he can go home soon.

[Sly Fox]

I saw some pics on Twitter of a bunch of guys on the team around his hospital bed with him and he was smiling big. Praying he feels better quickly.

[SumItUp]

any updates?

[SuperJon]

Jimmy's coming home today.

[Sly Fox]

Update from Coach Rocco via Chris ...

Eden out

Earlier this month, Liberty receiver Jimmy Eden was admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy, which is normally a routine procedure.

The normal hospital stay for the surgery is one to three days. Eden, though, suffered some internal complications, and he remained in the hospital for well over a week.

“Basically, his intestines sort of shut down,” Rocco said. “So there were a couple of days where he really wasn’t passing food. So they had to start that back up.”

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[SumItUp]

Glad to hear that Jimmy is doing better.

Eden won the Flames’ punt return job at spring practice, but he won’t be able to participate in drills for at least the next four weeks. In Eden’s place, several players will get the chance to return punts, “including Mike Brown,” Rocco said.

I really don't want to see that happen.

[olldflame]

Glad to hear that Jimmy is doing better.

Eden won the Flames’ punt return job at spring practice, but he won’t be able to participate in drills for at least the next four weeks. In Eden’s place, several players will get the chance to return punts, “including Mike Brown,” Rocco said.

I really don't want to see that happen.

I'm sure Rocco feels the same way, and is just not ruling anything out. We have at least a handfull of guys who could win that job. All of them with the speed to take it to the house.

BJ Hayes
Mike Pratt
Ervin Garner
Ron Hobby
Tracy Curry (if he is not redshirted)

I think the only way Mike runs back punts is if none of those guys demonstrate they can be depended on to make good judgements and field the ball cleanly. If that is the case, look for a lot of fair catches from Mike.

[Rooster Cogburn]

From Kyle DeArmon's Twitter earlier:

Jimmy Eden is practicing today!! Its gonna be nice havin him back. The dude has been through a lot and has continued to trust in the Lord.

This is great news. I hope and pray it goes well for Jimmy!

[jcmanson]

[Sly Fox]

Praise God!

[Keenan]

That's awesome Jimmy is practicing! Considering how thin we are at WR, they're not thinking of playing Jimmy this season are they? I can't imagine he would be physically prepared to play after what he went through.

[Rooster Cogburn]

It was awesome to see Jimmy Suited up and ready to go yesterday.

[TDDance234]

One of the best stories of the year for sure. Glad Jimmy was able to suit up.

[PAmedic]

With apologies if it was already posted...

I had overlooked this great piece by LANG

http://www2.newsadvance.com/sports/2011 ... ar-953292/

Eden makes miraculous return at Liberty
By Chris Lang
Published: April 06, 2011
Jimmy Eden was emaciated after spending 28 days at two different hospitals. He was weak, all of the work done in Bill Gillespie’s weight room undone by an appendectomy gone horribly wrong. Yet at the same time, he was happy, even thankful.

[Sly Fox]

I had certainly missed it. Thanks for posting!