ESPN.com · Feb 22, 2024
Bears great Steve McMichael set to return home from hospital
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CHICAGO -- Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is expected to return home Thursday after being hospitalized the past week, longtime publicist Betsy Shepherd said.
The 66-year-old McMichael went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago. He was admitted into intensive care at a suburban hospital last Thursday -- a week after being voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- with a urinary tract infection.
The family announced Saturday he had developed MRSA, a staph infection that can be difficult to treat because it is resistant to certain antibiotics, and was undergoing a blood transfusion.
