Saturday, February 21, 2009

Johnson Diagnosed with Retinal Cancer

From George King:
"I went to the eye doctor to get a new pair of contacts and they found it,'' said Johnson, who is in camp on a minor league deal. "They sent me to the Wills Eye Institute in Philly. It's supposed to be the best in the world. Only 2,000 people a year get it. They put a radiation plaque on my eye for four days. They told me it has a 98 percent success rate. I can't pitch outside for two weeks. I can see but not real well.''
I didn't even know there was such a thing. At least it looks like he'll be fine.

The Yankees signed Johnson to a minor league deal back on January 6th.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Thats sad.

Anonymous said...

Hope this guy gets it taken care of and comes back soon....if he can beat cancer he can be a yankee.