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Patriots DE Andre Carter undergoes successful surgery: “A great procedure”

Found December 22, 2011 on The Rap Sheet:
PLAYERS: Andre Carter
TEAMS: New England Patriots

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Earlier this week, Patriots DE Andre Carter was placed on Injured Reserve with a leg injury suffered in the win in Denver. And yesterday, Carter had surgery to fix it. How do we know? He tweeted it. In fact, @Mr_Carter93 was a tweeting monster while he was preparing to and recovering from leg surgery. It was cool to see, and Carter was in a good mood. For instance… He tweeted on Tuesday, “Big day tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers.” Then, early Wednesday, Carter tweeted, “I am in good hands. Met a few fans at the hospital.” I laughed yesterday morning when he joked, “Make sure it’s the correct leg,” tweeting a picture of it (left). (more…)
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