Bob Miller in hospital for all star weekend

[HeadInjury]

I heard someone on TV say he had another heart surgery, which I had assumed was a mistake.

 

[Nefarious]

This sucks. Get well soon Bob.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I'm sure we'll be given another update on Saturday.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20170203/bob-miller-to-meet-with-kings-to-discuss-health-future

Kings Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Miller, at his West Hills home since Wednesday after he was released from the hospital for treatment of a mild stroke, said Friday he plans to meet soon with team officials to discuss how to move forward with his ability and availability to call games.

Miller, 78, missed the recent NHL All-Star Weekend at Staples Center when he showed up Saturday for a Fox Sports West live broadcast but was bothered by the fact he continued to slur some of his words. His wife, Judy, who was with him, also noticed the right side of his face did not look well.

Taken to County USC Medical Center by ambulance, Miller was then moved to USC Keck Medical Facility in downtown L.A., where a stent was inserted and a procedure was done to clean up a corroded artery that had plaque buildup.

It has been almost a year to the day when Miller left the Kings’ broadcasting crew to undergo a five-way heart bypass surgery that left him unable to work the rest of the 2015-16 season, missing almost 40 games.

“I had been out the night before, having some wine and a bite to eat, and noticed I was slurring some words, but I thought a good night’s sleep would be all I needed,” Miller said Friday morning. “I got up Saturday morning, got dressed, drove to Staples Center, and Judy said, ‘You don’t look good.’ When I got to the TV set to work, they didn’t want me to go on camera.”

Miller was to be on an outdoor FSW set with Patrick O’Neal for a preview show leading up to the NBCSN telecast of the NHL Skills Contest.

I loved this part:

Miller said he will meet with team senior vice president of communications and broadcasting Mike Altieri and president of business operations Luc Robitalle soon to determine how things go forward.

“A lot has happened in the last 12 months, and you just are concerned about getting on a plane and having something happen at 35,000 feet,” said Miller. “We will take it day by day and see what’s going on.”

Miller, who was awake and alert the entire time paramedics were tending to him last Saturday, recalled a humorous moment as he was in the ambulance waiting to be transported and heard a voice outside saying, “Is Bobby Miller in there?”

The door came open and there was NHL legend Bobby Orr poking his head into the ambulance.

“I might have thought at the moment I had left and gone to heaven,” Miller said.