Scott “Scooter” Ward, associate athletic director for academic and career counseling at the University of Kansas who had surgery to repair a torn aorta on Oct. 7, had additional surgery on Sunday night at University of Kansas Hospital following heart complications, Ward’s wife, Robin, told the Star on Monday.
Robin Ward said that initial concerns that Scott suffered an aneurysm of the aorta were not correct.
“Turns out it wasn’t an aneurysm. It was a bleed from another small aortic tear. Extremely rare,” Robin said in a Facebook message to The Star.
“Put quite a bit of pressure on the coronary artery, which stressed out the heart.