Colorado head soccer coach Deion Sanders could have a minor process Tuesday to handle the ache he’s been feeling in his left foot, however he doesn’t anticipate lacking time on the job.
Sanders stated Tuesday at his weekly information convention that he plans to be at follow Wednesday and on the sidelines Saturday when the Buffaloes host No. 22-ranked Iowa State at Folsom Discipline (1:30 p.m., ESPN).
“I’m having a process at present,” Sanders stated. “Prayerfully I’ll be proper again tomorrow. It’s what it’s, and we discovered what we discovered and we knew what it was. I’ve a beautiful staff of docs.”
Sanders didn’t go into specifics concerning the process or take questions on his well being.
Sanders was in ache all through the Buffs’ 35-21 loss at TCU on Saturday in Fort Price, Texas, even taking the shoe off of his left foot for a interval of the sport. After the sport, he stated he might need extra blood clots in his leg, and he had a physician appointment Monday.
After the sport he stated, “I’m hurting like loopy. … I’m not getting blood to my leg; that’s why my leg is throbbing.”
Sanders, 58, is in his third season as CU’s head coach and within the first 12 months of a brand new five-year, $54 million contract signed in April.
A Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer, Sanders has battled critical well being points for the previous a number of years, together with a bout with bladder most cancers this 12 months.
On July 28, Sanders introduced that he had been recognized with bladder most cancers in April. He had surgical procedure on Could 9 on the College of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus to take away his bladder and have a brand new one created along with his small gut. He and his docs stated July 28 that Sanders is cancer-free.
Sanders’ critical well being points return to his time as Jackson State’s head coach in 2021. He had a number of surgical procedures that fall, together with having two toes amputated on his left foot.
In the summertime of 2023, previous to his first season at CU, he had two surgical procedures to repair blood clots, which improved his mobility. He has had 14 surgical procedures since 2021.
CU coach Lauren Askevold has been by Sanders’ aspect since Jackson State and has typically handled his leg to assist with blood stream.
Askevold stated in July that Sanders has an annual “CT scan of his vascular sample to verify blood clots are away,” whereas including {that a} scan within the spring “turned out actually nice from the vascular aspect.”
That scan did reveal the tumor in Sanders’ bladder, nevertheless.
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