BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Chicago Bears wide receiver Markus Wheaton underwent an appendectomy Sunday morning and remains hospitalized, coach John Fox told reporters after practice.
"He had some stomach pains last night around 4 a.m. [local time], and our training staff did a good job getting him and he had the appendectomy at probably 9 o'clock this morning," Fox said. "They'll keep him in the hospital tonight. It's a scope type of procedure, but they caught it. ... It was inflamed, not ruptured, which is a good thing. So he'll start that recovery process."
Fox did not offer a timetable on Wheaton's return to the field.