vikings udeze has leukemia

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Reports: Vikings defensive end Udeze has serious illness
ESPN.com news services

Updated: February 12, 2008, 12:37 PM ET

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings are extending their "thoughts and prayers" to defensive end Kenechi Udeze after a television station reported Monday night that he has a form of leukemia.

The Vikings declined to confirm the television reports by Minneapolis stations KSTP and KMSP out of respect for Udeze's privacy, but issued a statement of support from coach Brad Childress.

The station reported Udeze is undergoing tests to determine the severity of the disease.

Udeze's agent, Ethan Lock declined to comment.

Udeze, 24, was a first-round draft pick out of USC in 2004. He has 11 sacks in 51 career games, having missed most of the 2005 season with a knee injury.</div></div>

I was getting ready to post the same thing. I heard it on the radio this morning, but hadn't had the chance to find a link on it. I hope he can win that battle. Thats a tough one.

If it's acute, it's nasty. My uncle found out July 1st of last year that he had it...and he seemed perfectly healthy until then. He passed away last month. If it's not acute, it's easier to treat. The younger the patient, the better the chance of survival when it comes to leukemia in general tho.