TMZ Sports · Jul 30, 2018
Newborn Baby Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Ex-NFL quarterback Christian Ponder and his wife ESPN host Samantha Ponder say they're newborn is home and recovering after undergoing emergency surgery just days after she was born.
Sam -- who hosts ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" -- said they're daughter Price "ended up in emergency surgery in the middle of the night" after a series of "terrifying and sudden events."
"We were short on time and frankly, in shock," Ponder wrote on social media.Ponder didn't specify the details surrounding the medical emergency -- but says the surgery was a success and now Price is home and recovering.
"Her recovery in the #NICU was nothing short of miraculous for a tiny body that had just undergone such trauma."