On August 22, PGA Tour player J.B. Holmes announced that he would be headed to the operating table for brain surgery to help alleviate a condition in his brain called Chiari Malformation.
The condition was causing Holmes to have numbness, dizziness, vision issues and severe headaches. It also started to effect his coordination and balance in recent weeks.
A native of Campbellsville, Kentucky, Holmes said via his Twitter account that he was looking forward to getting past this and back on the course.
The procedure was carried out at John’s Hopkins Hospital.
Holmes’ manager, Terry Reilly, called it a non-life threatening procedure prior to the surgery.
Reilly continued on to say, “They think it’s congenital and the procedure is very non-invasive. If everything goes according to schedule he could be hitting balls in a month.”
At that point, I’m sure very few people were concerned about a time table for when Holmes would be back hitting golf balls.
Earlier today, Holmes’ father confirmed through his son’s Twitter account that everything went great during his son’s procedure. Apparently the doctors said they were very optimistic.
Hundreds of well wishers have responded to the post and his father conveyed much gratitude on behalf of Holmes and his entire family for the thoughts, concerns and prayers during the procedure and now through the recovery.
It was definitely very good news from the Holmes’ family today after the procedure. Though they said it was a non-life threatening procedure, the idea of brain surgery is always very scary.
I want to take this time to offer my well wishes after a successful procedure to J.B. and his entire family and wish him a speedy recovery.
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