{"id":374235,"date":"2025-11-12T19:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374235\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:35:14","slug":"kosar-awaiting-liver-transplant-has-two-aggressive-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/374235\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosar, awaiting liver transplant, has &#8216;two aggressive procedures&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762976114_952_oyefusi_daniel.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Daniel OyefusiNov 12, 2025, 01:30 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"539babc5-e5fb-753b-8ae1-c15032a91ef4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/cle\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> great Bernie Kosar said Wednesday morning that he underwent &#8220;two aggressive procedures&#8221; to stop internal bleeding as he awaits a liver transplant that has been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to X, the former quarterback said that he was set to get a liver transplant this past weekend, but it was held off because the donor organ was infected. Kosar then underwent the two procedures and was set for a third procedure, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could really use your love, support and actual prayers today,&#8221; Kosar said while in a hospital bed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grateful for all the thoughts and prayers. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc I am in the hospital getting some care and keeping that fighter&#8217;s spirit strong. \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UMatter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RenewingAthletesLives?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RenewingAthletesLives<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PrdI3DhPxV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PrdI3DhPxV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Kosar (@BernieKosarQB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieKosarQB\/status\/1988597326852829352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kosar had previously announced in a July 2024 story in Cleveland Magazine that he had been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p>Kosar, 61, had been on the list for a liver transplant, though University Hospitals hepatologist Anthony Post told the magazine that Kosar had improved since the year started.<\/p>\n<p>Kosar, who played for the Browns from 1985 to 1993, is third all-time in franchise history with 21,904 passing yards. He led the team to three AFC Championship Game appearances (1986, &#8217;87 and &#8217;89), losing each time to John Elway&#8217;s <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"51042145-e3c1-0694-ae0d-f720342ff8fc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/den\/denver-broncos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel OyefusiNov 12, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. 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