Phils' Moyer hospitalized for tests
Phils' Moyer hospitalized for tests
"Jamie is a healthy guy," Michael Ciccotti said. "He is in no way seriously ill."
Moyer, 47, checked into Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Tuesday night after experiencing increased pain that Ciccotti traced to his Oct. 2 surgery to repair three muscle tears in the pitcher's groin and lower abdomen.
A week after undergoing surgery, Moyer was hospitalized with a blood infection, but he recovered in time to join the team during the National League Championship Series and World Series.
Ciccotti did not believe that the pitcher's current issue was related to the blood infection, but said that Moyer would undergo testing over the next several days, including an MRI exam. After Moyer reported the pain early this week, team medical staff decided that the pitcher should travel north from his Florida home to see William Meyers, who performed the September surgery at Hahnemann University Hospital.
"Maybe since the weekend, he started to have some increasing discomfort, some symptoms, and that prompted us to have him come to Philadelphia to be evaluated," Ciccotti said. "Our feeling was we would have him admitted to Thomas Jefferson. We're in the midst of evaluating him. He's very comfortable. He's walking.
"You can re-strain that area [repaired by the surgery] during the recovery or rehabilitation period. That's where the MRI is helpful, because it can help us determine if that's the case, and then that's just a matter of adjusting his rehab and his therapy."
Ciccotti said that the hospitalization would probably cause only a slight setback in Moyer's rehabilitation, aimed at preparing him to participate in spring training.
"It is possible it could be a little bit later," he said. "But he's still on the time line that would allow him to participate in spring training with, hopefully, minimal effects on his early spring-training participation."
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