Viking's Udeze May Have Leukimia

[BallHawk]

Per ESPN....

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings are extending their "thoughts and prayers" to defensive end Kenechi Udeze after a television station reported Monday night that he has a form of leukemia.

The Vikings declined to confirm the television reports by Minneapolis stations KSTP and KMSP out of respect for Udeze's privacy, but issued a statement of support from coach Brad Childress.

The station reported Udeze is undergoing tests to determine the severity of the disease.

Udeze's agent, Ethan Lock declined to comment.

Udeze, 24, was a first-round draft pick out of USC in 2004. He has 11 sacks in 51 career games, having missed most of the 2005 season with a knee injury.

[oregonpackfan]

Oh my! Leukemia is often a serious condition.

[Tarlam!]

Oh my! Leukemia is often a serious condition.

Often? Sorry to call you out, my respected friend, but "often"?

This is a shit-faced fungusoid disease of the worst kind. Blood itself gets devoured by this shit. If he has it, I hope all Packer fans step up for a blood test to see if their bone marrow can save his life.

This is one of the worst cancer types, especially in children. I am at a loss for words...

[Lurker64]

Eek. Poor guy. I wish him a full and speedy recovery.

The Vikings just can't catch a break at the DE position, can they?

[The Leaper]

Wow...that is a bummer. I wish him well and hope for a complete recovery.

[oregonpackfan]

Oh my! Leukemia is often a serious condition.

Often? Sorry to call you out, my respected friend, but "often"?

This is a shit-faced fungusoid disease of the worst kind. Blood itself gets devoured by this shit. If he has it, I hope all Packer fans step up for a blood test to see if their bone marrow can save his life.

This is one of the worst cancer types, especially in children. I am at a loss for words...

Tarlam,

There is much more hope for leukemia victims today than just 10 years ago. The survival rate has gone up considerably.

As far as his football career, it may be over. The highest priority, of course, is his survival. We all hope he makes it.

[Deputy Nutz]

Oh my! Leukemia is often a serious condition.

Often? Sorry to call you out, my respected friend, but "often"?

This is a shit-faced fungusoid disease of the worst kind. Blood itself gets devoured by this shit. If he has it, I hope all Packer fans step up for a blood test to see if their bone marrow can save his life.

This is one of the worst cancer types, especially in children. I am at a loss for words...

Actually the survival rate for young children is much higher than adults that have leukemia. One of my daughters play group friends got leukemia when she was two years old. She is now leukemia free. I think the surviavial rate for children is almost 90% if treated correctly and if it is caught in time.

[Partial]

my best friend growing up had it.

[MJZiggy]

Oh my! Leukemia is often a serious condition.

Often? Sorry to call you out, my respected friend, but "often"?

This is a shit-faced fungusoid disease of the worst kind. Blood itself gets devoured by this shit. If he has it, I hope all Packer fans step up for a blood test to see if their bone marrow can save his life.

This is one of the worst cancer types, especially in children. I am at a loss for words...

Tarlam,

There is much more hope for leukemia victims today than just 10 years ago. The survival rate has gone up considerably.

As far as his football career, it may be over. The highest priority, of course, is his survival. We all hope he makes it.

I find threads like these difficult because there is such a finite amount of things to say about a stranger who has cancer. While I feel bad for the guy, I feel equally bad that there are thousands of kids who get this disease and suffer through it and the treatments who are never brought to public attention the way a professional athlete is, so while I hope that Mr. Udeze survives and eventually makes a full recovery, I'm with Tarlam in thinking that we all should get typed because even if we can't help the big-name football player, we might save the life of a kid full of potential. Then again "should" and "do" are not always one in the same as I'm probably not going to run to the doc tomorrow to get it done this week either. But Tar, you know I love you for your passion about these things.

I think the response to OPF is more something like, although survivable, leukemia is still ALWAYS a very serious condition and nasty to be treat even if the treatment is successful. You can't have just a mild case of leukemia. Merely a semantic difference and not an ideological one.

[KYPack]

Poor guy.

People like to yell at pro athletes because of all the money they make, but this brings home that they are flesh and blood just like everyone else.

Nutz (he has a serious side, fans) is right, the older you are, the more of a killer leukemia is.

Hope the man makes it

[Rastak]

24 years old, in great shape physically, a brand new daughter and the doctor lays this on you. Man, I can hardly imagine it.



I hope it's a treatable form.

[packinpatland]

The fact that he's young and in better physical shape than most has got to be a help. Let's all pray that's the case.

[Rastak]

Oh my! Leukemia is often a serious condition.

Often? Sorry to call you out, my respected friend, but "often"?

This is a shit-faced fungusoid disease of the worst kind. Blood itself gets devoured by this shit. If he has it, I hope all Packer fans step up for a blood test to see if their bone marrow can save his life.

This is one of the worst cancer types, especially in children. I am at a loss for words...

Tarlam,

There is much more hope for leukemia victims today than just 10 years ago. The survival rate has gone up considerably.

As far as his football career, it may be over. The highest priority, of course, is his survival. We all hope he makes it.

I find threads like these difficult because there is such a finite amount of things to say about a stranger who has cancer. While I feel bad for the guy, I feel equally bad that there are thousands of kids who get this disease and suffer through it and the treatments who are never brought to public attention the way a professional athlete is, so while I hope that Mr. Udeze survives and eventually makes a full recovery, I'm with Tarlam in thinking that we all should get typed because even if we can't help the big-name football player, we might save the life of a kid full of potential. Then again "should" and "do" are not always one in the same as I'm probably not going to run to the doc tomorrow to get it done this week either. But Tar, you know I love you for your passion about these things.

I think the response to OPF is more something like, although survivable, leukemia is still ALWAYS a very serious condition and nasty to be treat even if the treatment is successful. You can't have just a mild case of leukemia. Merely a semantic difference and not an ideological one.

Right....but it really isn't unusual....hell, the wife of a future hall of fame QB probably will have gotten more attention for her battle with cancer and god knows how many well wishers there were and posts to JSO and other places. I think that kind of attention is a positive to help fight the disease and make people aware. I don't find threads like this difficult at all. If I was visiting a childrens hospital I'd probably cry over the kids I saw. Likewise, when I hear about a young guy with a young family facing this kind of thing I do feel bad. I haven't met the guy, but I've heard him speak many times, that makes it a helluva lot more immediate than people I have never seen or heard.

Does that really seem that unusual? Actually, I'm am curious Zig...it is an interesting point you raise.

[Pacopete4]

hopefully there is a cure for this guy.. even though hes a viking, hes a human being first and we all must remember that

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Tyrone is only sorry it that a more valuable viking like AP or kevin Williams didn't get leukemia.

God, why hast thou forsaken us?