Dodgers Star Dustin May Reveals He Underwent An Emergency Surgery After Lettuce Got Stuck In His Throat

Dodgers star Dustin May recently spilled the beans about an unfortunate incident that landed him in the hospital. It turns out that he got a piece of lettuce stuck in his throat while having dinner and had to undergo emergency surgery to get it out.

Now, you’re probably thinking, “What the heck? How does lettuce get stuck in someone’s throat?” Well, apparently Dustin was chowing down dinner when the lettuce accidentally choked him. And let me tell you, that lettuce was not going down without a fight!

May, who was still recovering from a flexor tendon and Tommy John revision surgery that he underwent during the 2023 season, was closing in on a return to the field when disaster struck.

While eating dinner on July 10, May reportedly ordered a salad and got a piece of lettuce stuck in his throat – leading him to take a sip of water to try and wash it down.

However, the relief pitcher suffered a tear in his esophagus and said he felt a ‘mega-painful’ sensation in his throat and stomach, as the Los Angeles Times reported.

After returning home and thinking he was alright, his wife urged him to go to the emergency room, where doctors quickly took him into surgery.

The procedure, which the 27-year-old called ‘basically a full abdominal surgery,’ left him with a sizable scar and a six-month recovery timeline that didn’t see him throw again until November.

‘It was definitely a life-altering event,’ May said on Friday from Dodgers’ spring training. ‘It was definitely very serious. It’s not a very common surgery. It was definitely an emergency.’

He later continued, ‘It just kind of gives me a different viewpoint on a lot of things in life. Just seeing how something so non-baseball-related can just be like – it can be gone in a second. And the stuff it put my wife through, it definitely gave me [a feeling] of, ‘Wow, stuff can change like that.’ It was definitely very scary.’

May missed the rest of the Dodgers’ 2024 season after undergoing the surgery, though he added he likely would not have survived if not for the procedure.

So, next time you’re chowing down on a salad, remember Dustin’s cautionary tale. Chew your food properly, people! You don’t want to end up in the operating room because of a piece of lettuce. Stay safe out there!

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