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HoopsFan21 said:
Which they are very careful to NOT do in sports, so that won't be a problem.
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Yes, the bottles are labeled for individual athletes most regularly today. Or else disposable cups are used.
 
This is sad news for KML and the UCONN family. I hope she gets better soon.

But UCONN's starting five is still the best in the country and this is a chance for Stewart, Dolson and Hartley to shine as the AAs that they are. Stewart may need to absolutely kick ass from this point forward.
 
UCONNfan1 said:
To be fair, I said it's "possible she's essentially done for the year". Not sure if that's what you are referring to, but I had mono in college, and was not 100% for almost 2 months. Of course, I never was an elite level athlete, nor did I have the resources of the UCONN medical staff on my side...
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One of the problems with this situation is that resourses don't really help much.
Anecdotally: she's at practice, speaking to reporters, not in bed…meaning she doesn't feel that bad.
Also, she doesn't obviously have a very sore throat…all good.
They're going to watch her spleen very carefully.
 
msf22b said:
One of the problems with this situation is that resourses don't really help much.
Anecdotally: she's at practice, speaking to reporters, not in bed…meaning she doesn't feel that bad.
Also, she doesn't obviously have a very sore throat…all good.
They're going to watch her spleen very carefully.
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It's just so odd. I guess I don't know much about the illness and I've always thought it was just like a severe cold or something. I saw the video of her that someone posted in the other thread of her at practice today, and she looked fine talking to reporters. I guess I just equate being really sick with also looking really miserable or close to death. Never heard of the spleen mattering to getting over a sickness, but then again I'm not a doctor nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn recently.
 
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John A.: KML is thinking positive. Will not travel with the team to Florida.

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Should be noted that KML reported the first symptoms on Feb 7th which means she played against Louisville with mono. She was doing pretty good too before she fell.

I take it the big thing now is getting the spleen to normal before she can be cleared.
 
I had mono my senior year of HS, got it from a football teammate from sharing the water bucket. I missed 6 weeks of school. It was the dark ages back then.

Best wishes to Kaleena! This has been a very trying year.

Yes, I think Saniya will have a lot of responsibility now.
 
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doggydaddy said:
So far I have heard that she is done for the season, can't possibly be effective, that she should be able to give some minutes in 6 weeks and several other guesses on what will happen.

I'm not telling folks what to post, but for the life of me I don't see the point until we hear more.

A little patience goes a long way.
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You don't see the point of posting your opinion or the possible outcomes regarding a UConn women's basketball player on a UConn women's basketball forum?
 
ASweet3781 said:
Should be noted that KML reported the first symptoms on Feb 7th which means she played against Louisville with mono. She was doing pretty good too before she fell.

I take it the big thing now is getting the spleen to normal before she can be cleared.
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You don't know that. Again how about we wait until we hear from Geno and KML.
 
Glenn; Am I correct in assuming that there is no significant difference between the recovery time for a highly-conditioned athlete like Kaleena and a non-athlete?
 
sawxfan23 said:
You don't know that. Again how about we wait until we hear from Geno and KML.
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But that's what KML said in the Courant blog. They will take x-rays on her spleen in 2 weeks and she hopes if it's better she can return.

Did you even bother to read what the people involved had to say? I forgot. You don't have to. You already know she's done for the year.
 
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JoePgh said:
Is there any mention of her left elbow? May we assume that is not significantly injured?
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That is one silver lining...at least her elbows have time now to get well.
 
“Since November there's been a lot of headshaking, a lot of weird things that have happened that are unusual and that is kind of what has been what is happening with us,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. “It does get a little bit frustrating but only because of what we can and don't do in practice. You know how bad they want to play and how competitive they are but in terms of our ability to win games there's nobody on our staff and nobody on our team who feels it is going to have any effect on our ability to win games.”

Fuller: KML hoping to return soon
 
sawxfan23 said:
You don't see the point of posting your opinion or the possible outcomes regarding a UConn women's basketball player on a UConn women's basketball forum?
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Knock yourself out. You look great with your "most likely out for the season".
 
Recovery can certainly be variable, as listed above. It is hard to point fingers about who gave a person the virus as bot EBV and CMV viruses can be shed in the saliva for weeks to months at infectious levels after someone recovers and many people who are infected may have minimal symptoms.
I had mono over Christmas break my freshman year at UConn and less than a month later set my personal record in the 1500 meters, so we can certainly hope for a rapid recovery (on the other end of course, Heather Buck redshirted for a year).
 
I'm actually heartened (somewhat) that they gave it a timeframe at all.

I've known a lot of people in the past - high school athletes, non-athletes, and college -- who came down with mono, and their recovery times were all over the map.

A few were back in action in a month like nothing happened; others missed entire semesters. So I didn't know that there was, statistically at least, an expected range like this.

I'll just have to cross my fingers.
 
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Hey guys what's the pity party for. Here's how I see it. We are without Tuck and KML again. We went through the tuffest part of our season without them and played top ranked teams and won big time. So we may struggle against LVille in 3 weeks so what. I don't think we lose to them, do you? Yeah we might play a couple of tuff games in the NCAA but remember we have Breanna and she is the most dominate player in WCBB. I don't think we continue to win by 2o pts a game against top ranked teams but I do think we win most of those games by double digits. You forget we have the best defense in WCBB and no team has been able to compete with us this season with or without KML and Tuck. What makes you think they can now? I expect Bria Mojeff and Saniya to step it up big time opening up the middle for Stef. Remember we've got Geno and he has been through this before. Whether KML comes back or not we will win Number 9.
 
On the train ride home tonight I was trying to remember a college player who was diagnosed with mono during the season. The one player who came to mind was former Duke player Mike Dunleavy. He was diagnosed with mono during the 3rd week of February of his freshman season. He ended up missing 4 games (last 4 of Duke's regular season) and returned for the ACC and NCAA tournament. I recall he played pretty well during the ACC tournament, particularly shooting 3-pointers.

Not every case of mono is the same. I was diagnosed with it during my freshman year of law school after having the worst sore throat imaginable. I felt awful but recovered pretty quickly after missing 1 week of class. I think I willed myself better so I wouldn't have to leave school and redo the semester. Of course, there's a big difference between recovering enough to attend class and playing elite level college basketball. It will take time for KML to recover her stamina.

An enlarged spleen is not present in every person with mono (it's present in about 50%).
 
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My take?

I invite you to the quote below, my signature for about a decade.

A defiant warning to Jeff and Muffet. A challenge to our current UConn team.
 
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Why does Heather Buck redshirting keep getting brought up in this thread as if she was forced to redshirt? Heather did not medical redshirt and wouldn't have qualified for one. Mono and the few weeks she was forced to miss at the beginning of the season forced the coaches and Heather to consider whether a redshirt season made sense, but mono did not force her to miss the season.
 
That was how it was interpreted at the time, Scotter, and folks have long memories. It may be the incorrect interpretation but it is what was said 5 years ago.
 
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