Swedish Soccer Star Kristoffer Olsson.Photo:Michael Campanella/UEFA/Getty
Michael Campanella/UEFA/Getty
Swedish soccer player Kristoffer Olsson remains in intensive care after doctors discovered “several small blood cots on both sides” of his brain, his club FC Midtjylland said on Thursday.
Olsson, 28, was taken to a Denmark hospital after “losing consciousness at his home” on Feb. 20, according to the club’sstatement.
Doctors determined that the blood clots are a “result of an extremely rare inflammatory condition in the vessels of the brain” following “weeks” of “extensive examinations, scans and tests” conducted since Olsson was admitted.
“The diagnosis matches the thesis on which the medical specialists have so far worked and treated Kristoffer,” Thursday’s statement said.
FC Midtjylland added that doctors will “slowly try to wean” Olsson off of the ventilator he is currently on in the “coming period,” though he “remains hospitalized in intensive care, just as it is still uncertain to say anything about the time horizon of the treatment and the final prognosis.”
Swedish Soccer Star Kristoffer Olsson.David Lidstrom/Getty
David Lidstrom/Getty
The team’s CEO, former player Claus Steinlein thanked “the public and the press” at the end of Thursday’s statement for “having shown warm-hearted support, respect and consideration in recent times towards Kristoffer as well as his family and the healthcare staff” as the club navigates Olsson’s recovery.
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Prior to Thursday’s statement, the club toldESPNthat Olsson’s condition was “not related to self-harm or external factors,” in February.
source: people.com
