Burrow to the Hospital

[Nicomo Cosca]

(10-10-2021, 08:28 PM)pally Wrote: A throat contusion is a bruise.  A good scenario is the skin turns black and blue and that's it.  But, apparently, he was having some level of trouble talking which means at minimum, the swelling from the injury could be compressing the vocal cords.  There would also be concerned about damage to the trachea and esophagus. The worst-case scenario is that the injury shuts down the windpipe which would require the immediate insertion of a breathing tube until the swelling subsides.  

This is Joe Burrow so I'm sure they are testing him for everything. He has likely been given a CT scan to look at all the structures in the throat.  They may have even put a scope down the throat to get an even better look.  He also will likely be kept for observation for several hours in order to monitor his breathing.

It is one of those injuries that could have him back at practice tomorrow or out for some time waiting for the internal structures of the throat to heal.

Side splittingly hysterical stuff isn’t it…