'10 PA DB Chad Hagan is a Buckeye!!!

[holybuckeye33]

Originally Posted by holybuckeye33

From what I've been told there may be some other issues at play here as well that OSU and others may be waiting to receive word. Nothing that Chad has control of however.

Originally Posted by holybuckeye33

The lack of offers from Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia intrigue me. I'll see what I can find out.

Originally Posted by osuteke

Is there any chance PSU got wind of this heart condition (considering his teammate has been a PSU verbal for almost a year) thus making them not offer? And with PSU getting wind, wouldn't surprise me that Pitt would get the same info eventually and in a shorter time period than Tressel and staff. And well naturally neither of those teams are going to say anything to OSU, especially knowing Tressel is such a stand up guy and will most likely honor the offer.

I would say that your hypothesis is very close to the truth. I was under the impression that OSU and their medical staff became aware of the situation though and made the decision to move forward with the offer whereas PSU, Pitt, and WVU did not. Based upon Hagan's comments, this may not have been the case. In any event, let's hope Chad can put this behind him and move forward with a brilliant career in scarlet and gray!!

[cheetah]

Notebook: Canon-McMillan star Hagan still not cleared to play - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

[osugrad21]

Link

Hagan could return for conference games

By Mike Kovak, Staff writer
mkovak@observer-reporter.com
Canon-McMillan senior Chad Hagan visited two doctors Thursday in hope of being cleared to play football for the entire 2009 season. Hagan didn't hear the words he wanted, but the news proved encouraging.

Hagan, who was diagnosed with a heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in April while preparing to have surgery for a stress fracture in his shin, will not play in Canon-McMillan's scrimmage tonight at Kiski or in the season opener at Trinity.
If the Ohio State University recruit continues to progress at his current rate, he'll line up at running back and in the secondary when Canon-McMillan opens its Class AAAA Great Southern Conference schedule at Upper St. Clair on Oct. 2.
"As of right now, I'll be ready for section play and be able to get in five games," Hagan said Thursday night. "I've gotten extremely better."
Until then, Hagan will continue to participate in team activities that do not involve contact.
"We're very, very pleased with the results," Canon-McMillan football coach Guy Montecalvo said. "The single most important thing is he's getting healthy. He's shown outstanding improvement."
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which created a rapid heartbeat and put stress on Hagan's heart, is a treatable condition.

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[new york buck]

Yeah, WPW is a re-entrant tachycardia which is often not detected throughout a patient's lifetime. If symptoms are frequent, a procedure called radio ablation will zap this electrical circuit and fix it for life without any decrease in his cardiac function or athletic abillity. They go in through the groin (femoral artery) with a catheter, so there is no recovery like with surgery. To reiterate, this procedure, if needed, is not really surgery; it's the same to the patient as getting a diagnostic cath like ppl do to see what's going on with the heart. No big deal. a lot of misinformation/ exaggeration of the problem occurs when the word heart comes up.

The Pittsburgh newspaper article said he already had the ablation earlier this month. Unless for some reason it didn't take, it's a done deal and the heart is no different from yours or mine and he only has a bruise on his groin to show for it. I'd be much more concerned about a knee injury in terms of residual effects/rehab.

[SweetBuckeye]

Originally Posted by new york buck

Yeah, WPW is a re-entrant tachycardia which is often not detected throughout a patient's lifetime. If symptoms are frequent, a procedure called radio ablation will zap this electrical circuit and fix it for life without any decrease in his cardiac function or athletic abillity. They go in through the groin (femoral artery) with a catheter, so there is no recovery like with surgery. To reiterate, this procedure, if needed, is not really surgery; it's the same to the patient as getting a diagnostic cath like ppl do to see what's going on with the heart. No big deal. a lot of misinformation/ exaggeration of the problem occurs when the word heart comes up.

The Pittsburgh newspaper article said he already had the ablation earlier this month. Unless for some reason it didn't take, it's a done deal and the heart is no different from yours or mine and he only has a bruise on his groin to show for it. I'd be much more concerned about a knee injury in terms of residual effects/rehab.

Great to hear! Thanks for detail.

[matcar]

Originally Posted by new york buck

Yeah, WPW is a re-entrant tachycardia which is often not detected throughout a patient's lifetime. If symptoms are frequent, a procedure called radio ablation will zap this electrical circuit and fix it for life without any decrease in his cardiac function or athletic abillity. They go in through the groin (femoral artery) with a catheter, so there is no recovery like with surgery. To reiterate, this procedure, if needed, is not really surgery; it's the same to the patient as getting a diagnostic cath like ppl do to see what's going on with the heart. No big deal. a lot of misinformation/ exaggeration of the problem occurs when the word heart comes up.

The Pittsburgh newspaper article said he already had the ablation earlier this month. Unless for some reason it didn't take, it's a done deal and the heart is no different from yours or mine and he only has a bruise on his groin to show for it. I'd be much more concerned about a knee injury in terms of residual effects/rehab.

Thanks for all the good details provided in this post. As I noted earlier, my wife had the same procedure, and yeah I can attest to the fact that there was no "recovery"...she just walked out of there a new person and has NEVER had a rapid heartbeat since then. She has done all the things that used to cause the problem and it has never come back. Whether or not Chad plays football or not, this is a great procedure that will improve his quality of life...so I'm glad for him that he's done it.

[sears3820]

Originally Posted by new york buck

Yeah, WPW is a re-entrant tachycardia which is often not detected throughout a patient's lifetime. If symptoms are frequent, a procedure called radio ablation will zap this electrical circuit and fix it for life without any decrease in his cardiac function or athletic abillity. They go in through the groin (femoral artery) with a catheter, so there is no recovery like with surgery. To reiterate, this procedure, if needed, is not really surgery; it's the same to the patient as getting a diagnostic cath like ppl do to see what's going on with the heart. No big deal. a lot of misinformation/ exaggeration of the problem occurs when the word heart comes up.

The Pittsburgh newspaper article said he already had the ablation earlier this month. Unless for some reason it didn't take, it's a done deal and the heart is no different from yours or mine and he only has a bruise on his groin to show for it. I'd be much more concerned about a knee injury in terms of residual effects/rehab.

Thanks a lot for the explanation, doctorb.

[Buckskin86]

Canon-Mac senior beating heart problem
Buzz up!
By Pat Mitsch, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, August 30, 2009


Chad Hagan
Christopher Horner/Tribune-Review

Canon-McMillan halfback Chad Hagan has never had an average heart.

Grown men marvel at his class and composure. Those who know him say he could have a bright future as a coach or motivational speaker. That is, of course, if his future is not in football.

And, for a moment, Hagan was told it wouldn't be ? because of his heart.

In April, Hagan needed surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left shinbone. When the anesthesiologist was about to sedate him, Hagan's heart activity was reading abnormally. The nurse told him: "I'm not going to put you under for the risk of you not waking up ever again," said Hagan, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound senior with a full scholarship to play for Ohio State. "That's when I found out."

Hagan had a heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, where an extra electrical connection between the atria and ventricles causes the heart to beat irregularly, sometimes resulting in cardiac arrest.

Suddenly, Hagan was told by a cardiologist he would never play football again because of a condition he's had since birth ? a condition that went previously undetected.

"It was devastating," Hagan said. "I'm a 17-year old kid. I've been playing sports my whole life. As it's gone on, I've kind of learned that God makes challenges so people can overcome them. I just feel like it's another thing I have to overcome."

He's close to doing just that. Hagan wouldn't accept that his football career was over and elected to seek a second opinion. He saw several other cardiologists, and he underwent a catheter ablation procedure that successfully stopped the extra electrical connection.

He now has, planted in his chest, a small monitor that checks everything his heart is doing. He is on medication to get his heart's full functionality back to normal and expects to be cleared to play in about a month.

Football, though, is a distant afterthought to the people around Hagan. He's no longer "Chad Hagan, The Athlete," like he said he was known before in high school. Today, he's an inspiration to the community.

"There are so many people in his corner, and not just because he's an outstanding athlete ? that has little to do with it," Canon-McMillan coach Guy Montecalvo said. "It has everything to do with what kind of person he is, and the care and compassion he demonstrates to others."

Canon-Mac senior beating heart problem - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

[AmeriBuck007]

Originally Posted by Buckskin86

Canon-Mac senior beating heart problem - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

If anyone has the time I would DEFINITELY read this article. Absolutely amazing kid.

[Buckskin86]

Canon-McMillan's other senior NCAA Division I recruit, Ohio State-bound running back/safety Chad Hagan, has been out while working to correct a heart condition. Montecalvo said Hagan got a "great" report from doctors last Friday and had an MRI scheduled for today. As of Sunday, though, Montecalvo didn't know if Hagan would be able to play Friday night.

Canon-Mac, Central gear up for showdown - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

[cjs100]

Pittsburghlive.com: Picking Week 2 of the H.S. football season

NO. 2 CENTRAL CATHOLIC (1-0) at NO. 7 CANON-MCMILLAN (1-0)
No area football player has tougher luck than Canon-McMillan running back and Ohio State recruit Chad Hagan, who is recovering from a heart ailment and hopes to play next month. But his buddy Mike Hull, who is going to Penn State, scored four touchdowns against Trinity. When Hagan returns, he will rejoin one of the best teams in AAAA. Still, Cenral Catholic is special, and that's what makes this game so intriguing. Central Catholic, 22-16

[BuckWrestler141]

Live blog from Central-Canon-McMillan; Central wins as Jones-Moore goes over 200 - Varsity Blog - post-gazette.com

6:30 p.m. - Just got back from the field for pregame warmups of the Central Catholic-Canon-McMillan game. Great news for Canon-McMillan running back-defensive back Chad Hagan. Not long ago, he got clearance from doctors to play, although he won't play in tonight's game. Hagan, an Ohio State recruit, has a heart syndrome that can cause a rapid heartbeat. He had a medical procedure done a few weeks ago and was waiting to get clearance to play from doctors. He is in uniform and participated in some pregame warmups, but he will wait a week to play. Good for him. Just about everyone in Canon-McMillan says he is a terrific kid and at one time there was question as to whether he would be able to play at all this season.

[Buckskin86]

High School Notebook: Canon-Mac senior cleared to play
Monday, September 14, 2009
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Chad Hagan was celebrating before Friday's game against Central Catholic.

Hagan, a senior at Canon-McMillan, received word just before pregame warmups that he had been cleared to play this season. Hagan's status for the year was in question because of a heart condition -- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, which can sometimes cause a rapid or irregular heartbeat.

Hagan, a running back/defensive back and an Ohio State recruit, had a catheter ablation procedure in August and was not sure when, or if, he would be cleared to play. Although he received clearance Friday, Hagan didn't play because doctors suggested he wait until this Friday. Canon-McMillan coach Guy Montecalvo also said he didn't want Hagan to play because he had not hit in practice yet this season.

The heart condition was discovered in the spring.

"I'm extremely excited this is all over," Hagan said. "It was a lot to go through, but I learned a whole lot through this process. Basically, I just learned to never have just one thing as your plan in life and never doubt the will of God. Before, football was everything. But this made me realize that I should concentrate on other things, too, like grades."

Hagan will certainly be a welcome addition to Canon-McMillan (1-1), which lost to Central Catholic, 21-7.

"That's a very good football team and it's about to get a lot better with Hagan back," Central Catholic coach Terry Totten said.

Read more: High School Notebook: Canon-Mac senior cleared to play

[wadc45]

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By Wasserman...talks about the emtional rollercoaster he has dealth with as it pertains to his heart condition...the OSU staff was extremely positive throughout the whole situation...loved every second of his visit for the USC game.

[Pula_86]

Great story! Glad he will be able to play football. How can you not root for him to succeed?