CLEVELAND – Ryan Switzer, wide receiver of the Cleveland Browns, said his 9-month-old son is stable after undergoing surgery to stop bleeding.
Switzer put the boy’s medical situation to the test on Twitter this past weekend, which resulted in public support.
Switzer’s most recently reported Sunday came after the operation was completed and he said his son was ‘resting’.
Christian is finally out of surgery. The GI specialist found several sites of bleeding. He takes samples sent to biopsy to see what can cause it. He is now stable and resting. pic.twitter.com/56vMmRkJVS
– Ryan Switzer (@Switz) 7 March 2021
Switzer said Saturday his son “woke up in his blood” and tested positive for COVID-19. He said doctors were trying to determine the cause of the bleeding.
In his latest update, Switzer said that a specialist in the digestive tract “found several places of bleeding” and that samples were sent for a biopsy.
The 26-year-old Switzer spent last season in Cleveland’s practice squad. He was drafted by Dallas in 2017 and spent two years with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Switzer initially reached out to his Twitter followers to ask for prayers for his son, who he said needed three blood transfusions on Saturday due to the low hemoglobin levels.
Switzer said he and his wife, Gabie, were “overwhelmed by the amount of people who went out of their way to support Christian.”