Deion needs surgery, but foot won’t be amputated

Colorado coach Deion Sanders is not going to want his left foot amputated at the moment, though he is set for a process Friday to alleviate clots in each of his legs.

Sanders mentioned in a video Thursday that there is “no speak of amputation” for his left foot regardless of important blood circulate points. The 55-year-old, set to start his first season at Colorado, not too long ago had a gathering together with his medical group the place amputating the foot was presented as a potential outcome. Sanders’ assembly with medical doctors aired as a part of “Thee Pregame Present” on YouTube. In the course of the assembly, he mentioned he had no feeling on the underside of his foot.

“The medical doctors have been simply telling me, worst involves worst, this was going to occur,” Sanders mentioned in Thursday’s video. “However I consider in staying proper so we by no means should take that left.”

Whereas teaching Jackson State in 2021, Jackson was hospitalized after problems from surgical procedure to restore a dislocated toe. He skilled blood clots, missed three video games and underwent a number of extra surgical procedures, together with the elimination of two toes.

Sanders mentioned Thursday that his medical doctors wish to straighten two of the remaining toes on his foot however cannot function till blood circulate is restored. If Friday’s process is profitable, Sanders might then have his toes repaired.

The Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer thanked those that have despatched prayers and good needs. Sanders is ready to teach his first recreation at Colorado on Sept. 2 at TCU.

“You have to perceive: I ain’t going nowhere, as a result of we coming,” he mentioned. “I am simply making an attempt to get all this straight, so after I stroll that sideline and I speak my speak, I can stroll my stroll.”