Richardson on the Path to Recovery

Good news comes today from the Panthers den in Charlotte, as the football team’s owner Jerry Richardson is making steps toward progress in recovering from a heart transplant he underwent earlier this month. Richardson was released from the hospital yesterday after spending 12 days at Carolinas Medical Center following his transplant surgery. The 72-year-old team owner is said to be responding well to the surgery, and his body is accepting the new heart he has was given less than two months after requesting one.

Jerry Richardson is a former Baltimore Colt and teammate of the great Johnny Unitas, and he won the distinction of becoming the second ex-NFL player ever to own a team after earning the Panthers franchise in 1993. The Panthers owner has had multiple heart problems over the last several years, undergoing quadruple bypass surgery in 2002 and having a pacemaker installed in 2008. Richardson spent Super Bowl Sunday this year in a five-hour surgery getting a new heart and all looks good so far, though he will spend a significant amount of time over the next year in and out of hospitals getting check-ups.

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