The Facts:
Following up on the
ongoing story. ... Gronkowski won't be having surgery to check on the status of his infection, and ultimately install a new plate in his left forearm just yet. According to one source familiar with the proceedings, the decision for now is to have the Patriots tight end delay the surgery for several more weeks to be sure the infection has completely cleared out, and continue with the course of antibiotics. 'Gonna hold off for a few weeks to make sure infection gone before going back in,' a source close to the situation said.
Reported by the Boston Herald
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Gronkowski, agent Drew Rosenhaus, team officials, both team physicians and outside consultants conferred on what the next step would be, and arrived at staying the course with antibiotics a little while longer. Gronkowski has been battling an infection discovered during the process of his second surgery to repair the second break of his left forearm. Eventually, surgeons will have to go in once again to put in a new plate that's holding the bone together. The required healing time for that surgery is roughly 10 weeks. According to Herald staffer Karen Guregian, the scenario everyone wants to avoid is having the infection linger and persist further, and show up when they go back in to change the plate. That scenario puts the start of the season in jeopardy for Gronkowski. So all involved are working hard to avoid that. ... Stay tuned.
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