The Boston Red Sox great was reportedly in surgery for five hours.
David Ortiz is still recovering from the gunshot wound he sustained in an attempted hit at a bar in the Dominican Republic, and now the surgeons who initially treated him are revealing just how close the Boston Red Sox great was to mortal danger.
“The injuries he had were lethal, even separately, if they wouldn’t have been taken care of right away, especially the one on the liver,” Smester said. “But in that moment, you don’t think about death, you think about what you have to do.”Jose Abel Gonzalez, the leader of the surgical team, reportedly told the Post that he found a liter of blood in Ortiz’s belly when he opened the abdomen and that Ortiz lost another half-liter during the surgery, which went from 10:30 p.m. local time to 3:30 a.
Thankfully, Ortiz survived, and was stable enough to be transported to Boston where he underwent a second undisclosed surgery. He is reportedly expected to make a full recovery.
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