{"id":24223,"date":"2001-10-24T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2001-10-24T20:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/10\/24\/tolan-improving-after-throat-surgery\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:54:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:54:19","slug":"tolan-improving-after-throat-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2001\/10\/24\/tolan-improving-after-throat-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolan Improving After Throat Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UMass-Lowell senior defenseman R.J. Tolan returned home from St. Elizabeth&#8217;s Hospital in Brighton after treatment following a throat injury in Friday night&#8217;s game at Boston College.<\/p>\n<div class=\"boxright\" style=\"width: 102px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"boxjpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/images\/headshots\/20012002\/uml_rj_tolan.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"135\" alt=\"Tolan\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"namecaption\">Tolan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Contrary to earlier reports, Tolan did not suffer a cracked larynx, but rather excessive swelling in the throat and blood blisters on his vocal cords. A tracheotomy was performed to relieve the breathing difficulty caused by the swelling.<\/p>\n<p>Tolan is now able to talk, although not without pain. Expectations for his return to the lineup are unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred when a shot late in the third period hit Tolan in the throat. After laying on the ice for a time, he left under  his own power.<\/p>\n<p>He was then brought to St. Elizabeth&#8217;s Hospital for precautionary reasons and was not expected to be in any danger, but began to have difficulty breathing after reaching the hospital, necessitating the tracheotomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMass-Lowell senior defenseman R.J. Tolan returned home from St. Elizabeth&#8217;s Hospital in Brighton after treatment following a throat injury in Friday night&#8217;s game at Boston College. Tolan Contrary to earlier reports, Tolan did not suffer a cracked larynx, but rather excessive swelling in the throat and blood blisters on his vocal cords. A tracheotomy was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tolan Improving After Throat Surgery - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UMass-Lowell senior defenseman R.J. 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