Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray Has Hand Amputated During Surgery To Repair Broken Finger
Just a few short days ago on December 17th, DeMarco Murray entered a Dallas hospital to have a routine surgery on his ring finger, which was broken during a winning game against the Philadelphia Eagles in week 15. What should have been an easy fix that had Murray back on the field, possibly within days, has become aÂ the playerâs worst nightmare, and has left him incapable of ever playing again.According to reports fromÂ Sports News Nightly,Â Murrayâs surgeons accidentally mixed up his charts with that of another patient at the hospital, and when Murray was brought into the operating room, doctors amputated his entire right hand.âThis is extremely, extremely tragic,â said the Dean of Medicine for Dallas Memorial Hospital, Mark Houston. âDeMarco Murray was admitted to our hospital for a routine surgery that would set and fix his broken finger. Unfortunately, during admittance, his medical charts were mixed with those of Â another gentleman, who was also admitted at that time, and was having hisÂ handÂ amputated. We are truly, truly sorry for the mix-up. That is all I can say at this point, pending possible legal issues.âDallas spokesman Greg Turf said that Murray and the team were completely heartbroken.âYou know, itâs all just part of lifeâs plan, I guess,â said Murray, with a smile. âHow can you really be mad? So Iâll never playÂ again. So Iâll never go long for a pass again. What can you do, you know? Sure, I could take the hospital for everything theyâre worth, but itâs only money, right? Itâs all just another step towards the inevitable, anyway.â Doctors say that Murray is on extreme amounts of morphine, and that the drug often times creates a feeling of euphoria.In a bizarre twist, the patient who was scheduled to have the amputationÂ had his finger worked on by surgeons, and a blood clot that had been causing extreme pain in his hand â and, in fact, was the reason for the original need for theÂ amputation â was cured completely.