INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nearly a month after team officials declared he was recovering from a serious respiratory illness, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay addressed his supporters on Tuesday that he was feeling better and appreciated their support.
The 64-year-old Irsay posted on social media, stating that he was “on the mend.” “Thank you for all of the encouraging messages.”
It was Irsay’s first post since January 8 on X, formerly known as Twitter.
However, Irsay has recently experienced other medical complications in addition to his disease. First responders were dispatched to Irsay’s residence in early December following a 911 call from longtime Colts executive Pete Ward, who expressed worry that Irsay might be suffering from congestive heart failure.
According to the police report, policemen from Carmel, Indiana, a northern suburb of Indianapolis, discovered Irsay breathing, unresponsive, and with bluish skin tone.
Irsay “had fallen in the bathroom and was moved to his bed and was cool to the touch,” according to what one officer noted in his report. Irsay was chilly to the touch, breathing agonisingly, and had oxygen in his nose.
