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Buffalo Sabres center Cody McCormick is being treated for a blood clot in his leg and will be out indefinitely, coach Ted Nolan said Sunday following practice.
"McCormick had a situation where he felt something, the medical staff looked at him and he went to the hospital yesterday," Nolan told the Buffalo News. "He has a blood clot in his calf muscle, so he's at the hospital now...
Source... http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=748132 (http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=748132)
This is actually quite frightening. As someone who has actually experienced this myself and had the clot move to my lung (Pulmonary Embolism) I can tell you that its not something to be taken lightly. Hopefully they are able to treat McCormick with blood thinners before it moves to a more dangerous part of the body.