PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Former Steelers wide receiver Ryan Switzer posted on Monday that his son, Christian, is in stable condition after surgery, and will “make a full recovery.”
“This nightmare is over with. These wonderful people in Boston fixed our son,” Switzer posted on Twitter along with the photo of his son.
In early March, Switzer along with his wife Gabie found their son Christian woke up “in his blood” and tested positive for COVID-19.
Surgery was performed on Christian to find the source of the bleeding. Switzer said after coming out of surgery, “the GI specialist found several sites of bleeding” and that a biopsy was being done to find a possible cause.
The bleeding stopped for a time but then continued to be an issue for the infant who had “significant bleeding.”
After a blood transfusion and additional scans doctors were still unable to diagnose the cause of the bleeding.
After talking with UPMC and Boston Children’s Hospital about Christian’s issue, doctors decided that Boston was where he need to be.
“They’re calling this a ‘vascular anomaly’ from somewhere in his GI tract that they just haven’t found yet,” Switzer previously said on Twitter.
He also took time on Tuesday to express his gratitude who all of those who are praying for Christian.