Yes, the Washington Post page only mentioned that he probably won't be competing again. Erskine did not clarify if it was related to the infection or the injury that required surgery in the first place.
Yeah, i guess the People article was a bit sensationalized, but I do know a friend who lost the lower part of his leg when he caught a staph infection in his calf. Nasty stuff! Like you, Lui, I hope he's able to recover.
Australian here. Thorpe apparently badly broke his left shoulder in a fall in February and has had multiple surgeries since. Contracted an MRSA infection after the last one. He is in hospital on intravenous antibiotics, but not in intensive care as some media reports claim. Reports that he was at risk of losing function in his arm denied and then half-confirmed. There are a big range of possibilities between "full use of arm, can swim at an elite level" and "no use of arm". Thorpe's shoulder injury itself sounds severe enough to rule out "100% full use/elite swimming" as a possible outcome for him. That said, he retired in July last year: www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-e6frg7mf-1226687176922
Hi Maz Thanks for the "real info" I hope he does not lose any parts! I have had 4 hip operations & worry with each of catching something in hospitals! It's cool to see you post from "down under". I was scuba diving the Great Coral Reef a few years back!
