The legend of the Chicago Bears, Steve McMichael, will soon be transferred to palliative care while his battle for several years against the amyotrophic side sclerogus (SLA) continues, confirmed a source in the gallery on Wednesday.
McMichael, 67, is made public with his diagnosis of SLA four years ago this month and remained in a vicious fight with the serious disorder of the nervous system. Recent hospitalization has placed McMichael in the intensive care unit, and measures are taken to move it to the hospice.
Long-loved by fans of the Bears and a key piece of the emblematic team of the team’s Super Bowl 1985 championship, McMichael was registered in the renowned professional football temple last summer. It was an appropriate celebration for an accomplished defensive line player who played with passion and tenacity personified.
McMichael spent 13 of his 15 NFL seasons with the Bears and played 191 regular season games for the franchise, all consecutive. He totaled 95 career bags and was appointed five times All-Pro, winning the honors of the first team in 1985 and 1987.
Although he has always left an impression with his noisy personality, McMichael’s teammates respected his work ethics, altruism and reliability.
McMichael was one of the six champions of the division with the Bears during a race in the 1980s and the early 1990s which was defined by the dominant defense.
In 2019, in conjunction with the 100th season of the Bears, McMichael was 18th on the list of the tribune of the 100 largest bear of all time.
During the ceremonies of the renowned temple last year, McMichael received his golden jacket and had his bronze bust reveal to his bedside at Homer Glen with the family and the former teammates next to him, a group that included his wife, Misty, his daughter, Macy, and his colleagues Bears Hall of Famers Richard Dent, Mike Singletary and Jimmbo COVERT.
“Welcome home, Steve,” said tooth. “You are in the football paradise. Forever. Many love brother. “
The Battle of McMichael with the SLA first stole the use of her legs and arms and then took his speech. He has been in bed for years but has continued his fight.
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After revealing his diagnosis in 2021, McMichael transmitted a combination of surprise, frustration and acceptance. “I promise you,” he said, “this epitaph that I’m going to have on me now?
However, as a optimist and fighter, McMichael expressed his gratitude for all that he could live during his football trip plus the pride of everything he has accomplished. Even with cruelty in terms of cruelty submitted it in recent years, McMichael has rarely felt the desire to play the “What if?” Game. He also didn’t have a lot of reflections on the path that his life has taken.
“Hell yes, I would start again,” he said in the gallery in 2021. “Because it is this trip which is the reward. It is this climb and how difficult it was to support you as out of the ordinary. This kind of realization is not only given to you.”
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