Harvin hospitalized, collapses to turf with migraine
Minnesota Vikings receiver and the 2009 Offensive rookie of the year Percy Harvin collapsed a few minutes into the Vikings practice. Coach Brad Childress said Harvin had suffered a migraine headache attack. This isn’t the first time Harvin has felt this as he has been dealing with migraines his whole life.
Harvin jogged onto the field and a few minutes later he vomited before falling unconscious. An ambulance picked him up 10 minutes later and he was taken to a hospital. Harvin had just returned this week to the Vikings’ training camp after dealing with ongoing migraines for two weeks.
Childress said that the episode was most likely triggered when Harvin looked up to the sky to field a punt. Harvin went to see the team physician in the locker room then came back out. Soon he was trembling and doubled over. Players and coaches stood around him for privacy as reporters looked on as Harvin received medical attention.
"I don't know how they classify it," Childress said after practice. "Not really a seizure, but he had some trouble over here. I'd be remiss if I tried to qualify it one way or another. It seemed like he was stable."
The Vikings continued practice for a few minutes but soon stopped while Harvin was being worked on. The players knelt down and said a prayer while Harvin was brought into the ambulance. Practice was then called off at least an hour before scheduled.
"I'm putting it in a migraine category, just because of what preceded that, but I certainly don't know what put him down on the ground over there,” said Childress “It was some kind of reaction I guess."
Harvin once had to leave the field for a migraine while in the University of Florida. He was hospitalized then. Harvin has been to many different experts related to migraines and as the latest episode indicates, the problem has not been solved. This migraine like many may have been triggered from a rise in temperature or humidity or from the glare of the sun.
"Obviously that one hit, and it hit hard," Childress said. "It's always scary for all of our guys when you see a teammate struggling with whatever. I've seen him with one before. I've gotten him off the field with one before. I've seen the start of one coming on before, but certainly nothing to that magnitude.”
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