Colorado’s Sanders had surgery to repair embolisms in leg

• Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior Citizen WriterJun 24, 2023, 08:40 PM ET

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Colorado football coach Deion Sanders had successful surgical treatment Friday to fix blood clots in his left leg, according to Instagram posts from both him and his fiancée, Tracey Edmonds.The school had no main comment.Sanders, 55, stated in among the social media posts

that he anticipates to be released from the hospital Sunday.The treatment was for a blood clot in his left thigh and another in the same leg listed below his knee. Sanders said he likewise has a blood clot in the best leg that doctors were “going to get soon. “Edmonds on Friday posted a picture of Sanders sitting up in his health center bed, smiling with two thumbs up. Following the surgical treatment, she composed:”We state. God has #CoachPrime @deionsanders covered today! Thank you a lot Fam for all your prayers !! “Sanders, who is entering his very first season at Colorado, just recently had a meeting with his medical group in which amputating his left foot was talked about as

a prospective result. His conversation with physicians aired as part of”Thee Pregame Program”on YouTube.During the meeting, Sanders stated he had no feeling on the bottom of his foot. He said the treatment Friday was to”try to get those embolisms so I can have appropriate blood flow to the leg so they can fix the toes.

That’s what’s going on.”Throughout his time at Jackson State, Sanders was hospitalized in 2021 following problems from surgical treatment to fix a dislocated toe. He experienced blood clots, missed three games and ultimately had two toes on his left foot amputated.Sanders will coach his very first game with Colorado on Sept. 2 at TCU.ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg and The Associated Press added to this report.