Paterno has surgery
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Paterno has surgery
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery today at Mount Nittany Medical Center, according to a team press release. Here it is in its entirety:
"Successful hip replacement surgery was performed today on Penn State Coach Joe Paterno at the Mount Nittany Medical Center. Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli reports that all objectives were accomplished and that Paterno is resting comfortably and anxious to get home.
Paterno is expected to be on his feet Monday and able to resume a coaching regimen next Monday, Dec. 1, when the players return to school following the Thanksgiving break.
Dr. Sebastianelli, who led the surgery team, is Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Director of Athletic Medicine."
I don't know anybody else except Joe Paterno could have elective surgery on a Sunday in State College. They brought everyone in on overtime to do Joe's hip. By the way as any operating surgeon knows, the only person to have every complication you can think of is the famous person you want to do the best. So Good Luck Joe Pa- you will need every ounce of it to pull through!— Ouwachon- Keep on truckin Joe. In the future watch those "onside Kicks" they could be tricky. Hope you stay on and keep coaching.— Leo46
- JoePa with the best of wishes on your recoup, and preparation for new year's day game in the Rose Bowl, l have never seen the love, the passion and the dedication given to one person or any other person in the state of Pennsylvania... You are a living legacy deserving of all attritutes and admiration.. Go forward Joe, and keep giving us reasons to believe just how great of a person you are... and what you've been to Penn State Universary... many thanks for what you've given us, thru all these years.. To you JoePa... good health, best wishes and God's speed... Cyaa in California...— Pa Bryon
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
