Explaining the delay in Jason Babin's MRI exam
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Explaining the delay in Jason Babin's MRI exam
Zach Berman, Inquirer Staff Writer
As Jeff wrote below, Jason Babin’s MRI exam for his calf strain is delayed because he needs to wait for a swallowed thermometer to pass through his system. It’s worth mentioning that he did not swallow an actual, standard thermometer that the layman would use to measure a common cold.
The thermometer is a pill (see above photo) that the players swallow. When it is in their gut, a trainer comes from behind with a measuring device that can gauge their core temperature. About 25 players on the Eagles used it on Saturday. Babin happened to be one of them.
The team must wait for the pill to pass through the player’s system before the player can undergo an MRI. There have been some questions on Twitter about the process, so hopefully that clears up any ambiguity.
Maybe you want to add WHY HE NEEDS AN MRI in this article?! Just a thought, I only went to two years of Journalism school.— girouxforpresident- I agree. I wish McLane would leave so someone competent would take his position.— soulman386
- So far we have heard Babin is hurt. No other information...now a delayed MRI...
It is curious about the early prognosis...and what they're looking for....I suppose we should guess?— envirojoe55 - calf strain!!!!its a calf strain!!!!! just because you dont know doesnt mean everybody else doesnt.— Sean s.
- http://www.phillymag.com/eagles/2012/07/29/cooper-to-have-surgery-out-six-weeks/— mccloudmj
- Sean- I knew it was a calf strain as did many other Eagles Fans. But it is a weekend and a lot of people could have been doing other stuff and woke up Sun morning and came to this site for some birds knowledge and are wondering what the MRI is for. Point = TERRIBLE reporting by Mclane. 100% should have wrote WHY he needs the MRI.— DaHurricane
- i have trouble believing anybody criticizing journalism on a football site had "other stuff" going on this weekend.— Sean s.
- ANNOUNCEMENT: The Eagles and affiliated journalists are an arm of the CIA. Only those with a "need to know" will be informed of injuries. Medical appointments, thermometer ingestions, and the like will be made public.— billtfla
- McLane seems like a nice enough guy, but a complete hack as a writer and otherwise a dope. Trying to follow the logic of some of his articles is like trying to understand a chic trying to explain football. GoBirds!— gobirds17
