Ed Orgeron says the care he received at Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge quite literally kept him alive.
“I was about to die, and they saved my life,” Orgeron, 65, said. “First of all, I’m very happy to be here.
Dr. Katie’s here, Bud’s here, all the people that helped me live that night.
I was about to die, and they saved my life. And I’m very grateful for that.
Not only that night, but all through my recovery, these guys have been great. You know, we talk about family, one team, one heartbeat?
Our Lady of the Lake got the best family of doctors I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Orgeron said Dr. Katie and Dr.
Bud came to his house on a Saturday and Sunday, and that Dr. Conners opened the hospital on a Sunday so he could change his “wrap.”
“I mean, you guys are unbelievable,” Orgeron said. “They go far and beyond.
But you know what? I’m happy to be here.
I’m happy to represent the Tigers. I’m excited about our game on Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Central Standard Time, the LSU fighting Tigers vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide.”
The hospital highlighted Orgeron’s comments in a post on Thursday.
The specifics of the health problem that sidelined him still have not been made public as of Thursday afternoon. Lane Kiffin said Orgeron had been away from the program because of serious health issues, and Orgeron has since returned to the sideline for LSU’s wins over Auburn and Mississippi State.
Orgeron, known to so many as “Coach O,” led LSU’s 2019 undefeated national championship team, the one built around Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson. LSU fired him in 2021 after the program’s results slipped.
Kiffin brought Orgeron back in a different role this past offseason, a move tied in part to their previous time working together at USC and Kiffin’s confidence in Orgeron’s ability to recruit Louisiana.
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