EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said he had his eighth surgery on his right eye earlier this week, the latest step in a continued effort to restore as much of his eyesight as possible after he suffered a detached retina last year.
In this latest operation performed Wednesday, Zimmer said doctors removed an oil bubble from his eye and inserted a gas bubble. Zimmer is unable to fly for six weeks after the surgery. He hopes the operation is his last on his right eye, but added, "I've thought that before."
Zimmer's first operation came the day after the Vikings' loss to the Chicago Bears last Oct.