Nikola Mirotic knew something was wrong when, after an additional night in the hospital following his appendectomy last month, he returned home with a fever and considerable pain in his stomach.
So the next day the Bulls forward returned to Rush Medical Center, where doctors discovered a hematoma in his stomach that required a second surgery. Mirotic spent a week in the hospital recovering, saying at Wednesday's practice he had lost 18 pounds since then, and has just now begun rehabilitation with hopes of getting back to the court as soon as possible.
"It was not really (a) good experience.