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Former NBA player Matt Barnes is sharing an update on his son Isaiah after he was hospitalized for an appendectomy.
On Sunday, Aug. 25, the retired forward, 44, shared a post on his Instagram revealing that his high school-aged son had experienced a “tough week.”
“My guys had a tough week,” Barnes wrote in the caption. “Hit by a car while jogging Wednesday 🤦🏽♂️ had a bad stomach ache Friday tried to play through the Mamba Invitational” — an elite high school basketball tournament named for the late star Kobe Bryant.
“Couldn’t sleep all Friday night decided to FINALLY tell his mom & I yesterday when he couldn’t move,” Barnes continued. “I took him to the emergency room & he had to have emergency appendix surgery.”
“Doctor said it was the largest appendix he had ever seen that hadn’t ruptured 🙏🏽,” he concluded the post, alongside a photo of his son in a hospital bed. “Appreciate the love & support from family & friends!! We’re headed home ❤️.”
Isaiah’s mother and Matt’s ex-wife, Gloria Govan, also posted several updates on her own Instagram Stories. On Saturday, she shared that while the teen’s twin brother, Carter, was playing at the basketball tournament, Isaiah was “waiting on surgery.”
Isaiah — who plays basketball at Crespi Carmelite High School in California, according to Cronkite News — shared some updates about his health himself.
On Saturday, the teenager snapped a photo from his hospital bed and posted it on his Instagram Stories with the caption: “[About] to go under.” He provided another update on Sunday, stating: “We made it y’all.”
He also reposted his dad’s photo, and wrote in an Instagram Stories post, “Been one tough week man.” After Isaiah was discharged, he shared a photo of a car pulling up to the side of the road, presumably getting ready to take him home from the hospital.
“Discharged,” Isaiah wrote in the post, adding a prayer hands emoji. “Thank you to everyone for the prayers.”
After Isaiah’s surgery, Matt also posted a video of the teen and his twin brother reuniting after the operation. The siblings could be seen hugging as Isaiah returned home from the hospital, and Carter checked out his new scar.
“Missed you man,” Carter could be heard telling his twin in the sweet clip.
