NFL whiff leads to lifesaving diagnosis for sales manager at Kentucky Derby

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When erstwhile New York Giants' placekicker Younghoe Koo wholly missed the ball connected a tract extremity effort against the New England Patriots past December, the broadcasters weren't the lone ones laughing.

Mark Toothaker, a stallion income manager for Spendthrift Farm successful Lexington, Kentucky, was connected the sofa cracking up with his wife, Malory, astir the whiffed tract extremity and consequential turnover.

Then, helium felt thing strange.

"I felt a daze successful my near arm, and past I ne'er felt thing else. Had nary pain, thing aft that," Toothaker said.

He didn't aftermath up for 25 minutes and was told astatine the infirmary that helium suffered a seizure.

Doctors besides revealed the shocking quality that helium had a encephalon tumor the size of a tennis ball.

Luckily, his woman Malory is simply a nurse.

"Just happened astatine perfectly the close spot if it had to happen," Toothaker said. "I could person died, I mean, I'm connected the roadworthy each the time."

The tumor was benign, and Toothaker was location from the infirmary aft a whirlwind 24 hours.

But arsenic helium prepares for this year's Kentucky Derby, wherever he's hoping to beryllium successful the winner's ellipse with Spendthrift's horse, Further Ado, helium inactive thinks astir Koo, and the whiff that led to the tumor's discovery.

Toothaker reached retired to the kicker, who made the Pro Bowl and led the NFL successful points with Atlanta successful 2020.

"I'd emotion to person him travel to the races, oregon travel sojourn Spendthrift," Toothaker said. "If helium wants to spell racing, we'll spell racing. If helium wants to travel retired and spot the mares and foals, it'd beryllium my grant to travel retired and amusement him astir this beauteous workplace that we person present successful Lexington, Kentucky."

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