{"id":3435,"date":"2023-12-26T09:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T09:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/cowboys-return-to-coaching-after-appendicitis-vs-eagles\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T09:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T09:40:11","slug":"cowboys-return-to-coaching-after-appendicitis-vs-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/cowboys-return-to-coaching-after-appendicitis-vs-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys return to coaching after appendicitis vs. Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - NFL Week 14 picks and predictions\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy returned to the team&#8217;s facility on Friday, less than 48 hours after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mr. McCarthy, 60 years old; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GehlkenNFL\/status\/1733193965908730176\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Said<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher\/status\/1733195051516182778\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1733193595862012069\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporter<\/a> On Friday afternoon, he was cleared by doctors to return to work, saying he was feeling &#8220;very well&#8221; after the surgery. He said he will not only coach the Cowboys in a crucial game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, but he will do so from his usual spot on the sideline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We expect everything to be back to normal by Sunday night,&#8221; McCarthy said. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher\/status\/1733195051516182778\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Said<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GehlkenNFL\/status\/1733193965908730176\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ms McCarthy believed she had a stomach virus when she started feeling stomach pains earlier this week. He said he saw a doctor on Wednesday as the pain worsened and underwent an appendectomy later that day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/12\/08\/USAT\/71855463007-mike-mccarthy.jpg?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/12\/08\/USAT\/71855463007-mike-mccarthy.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=882&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy will miss the team's crucial Week 14 game against the Philadelphia Eagles.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Cowboys&#8217; three coordinators practiced and oversaw game preparations in McCarthy&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>NFL Stats Central:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":body nav (scores)|e|auto spike click:6|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/scores\">Latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cOnce I got out of the hospital, I was completely immersed in the game plan,\u201d McCarthy said. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoiceOfTheStar\/status\/1733204233103499419\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Said<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher\/status\/1733195051516182778\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">McCarthy&#8217;s return is important news for the Cowboys, who currently trail the Eagles by one game in both the NFC East and the race for the conference&#8217;s top seed. The Eagles lost to Dallas 28-23 in the teams&#8217; first meeting of the season last month.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/12\/12\/USAT\/71886918007-usatsi-22085321.jpg?crop=3643,2049,x1379,y96&amp;width=660&amp;height=372&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2023\/12\/12\/USAT\/71886918007-usatsi-22085321.jpg?crop=3643,https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/2049,https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/x1379,https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/y96&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy returned to the team&#8217;s facility on Friday, less than 48 hours after undergoing surgery for acute appendicitis. Mr. McCarthy, 60 years old; Saidlocalreporter On Friday afternoon, he was cleared by doctors to return to work, saying he was feeling &#8220;very well&#8221; after the surgery. He said he will not &#8230; <a title=\"Cowboys return to coaching after appendicitis vs. Eagles\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/cowboys-return-to-coaching-after-appendicitis-vs-eagles\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cowboys return to coaching after appendicitis vs. Eagles\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[125,2230,2212,2213,2265],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appendicitis","tag-appendicitis","tag-coaching","tag-cowboys","tag-eagles","tag-return"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drhimanshuyadav.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}