Red Sox reliever Bobby Jenks talked to reporters about his medical problems for the first time. The story isn’t pretty. He’s lucky to be alive.
Jenks traveled to Boston to have spinal surgery on Dec. 12 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Then he returned home to Arizona.
On Dec. 30, Jenks had to have emergency surgery because of complications related to the first spinal surgery.
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