Absent for the XV match of France in Italy, Emmanuel Meafou suffered from a large pulmonary infection. The team reveals this Thursday that the Toulousain had a hole of 5 centimeters in the right lung.
Unless the last minute change in Fabien Galkié’s plans, Emmanuel Meafou will take place on the bench on Saturday in Ireland for the shock of the 4th day of the 6 Nations Tournament. And this is already good news for the latter who was holder during the first two days against Wales and England. The second Toulouse line comes back from afar, because he spent a week in the hospital due to big pulmonary infection, whose details his wife tells this Thursday in the columns of The team.
“Manny returned home the day after the match in England on Sunday evening. I was very happy because he had a week of rest and we were going to be able to spend time together with our son. During the night, he started coughing strongly. I told him that it was not normal and that he had to go to the hospital. But Manny replied: “No, it’s okay, I’m fine, it’s going to go …” Monday, I didn’t give her the choice. We went to consult a doctor in the hospital! »»
The hole is still present
The 26 -year -old then passes a scanner, which reveals a hole 5 centimeters in diameter in the right lung! “The three, four, first days were very stressful,” continues Jana Meafou. We didn’t know much. Was it serious? Was it tuberculosis? We were asking ourselves a lot of questions (She stops moved). Manny went through a lot of exams to understand where the evil came from. But all that interested him was to know when he could replay (she laughs). Then, finally, it was told that by taking antibiotics, everything was going to go back to normal. »»
Everything has not yet returned to normal, because the hole is still present in the player’s lung, but that does not prevent him from resuming physical activity, and even going to play a match at the top of world rugby in Ireland. “I would have preferred my husband to stay at home for a week more,” said his wife. But he wants to play rugby and there is no risk to what he plays. He is very happy to be again with the Blues. And there is no doubt that he will give everything in his role as “finisher” in Dublin.
