Former NFL linebacker and Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen is in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant and that he needs one "fairly soon," according to a report by NBC Sports.
Millen has been suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease that would eventually require the surgery. Two months ago to the day, Millen stepped away from his work as a broadcaster with the Big Ten Network to focus on his health -- and presumably prepare for a potential transplant.
King reported that Monday is the 68th day Millen, a former ESPN employee, has been waiting for a transplant in an undisclosed hospital in New Jersey.