“Focus on what I need to” – Albert Pujols makes spring training debut for Cardinals amid wife Deidre’s surgery


“Focus on what I need to” – Albert Pujols makes spring training debut for Cardinals amid wife Deidre’s surgery

Albert Pujols with wife Deidre

The Dominican-American professional baseball first baseman Albert Pujols received a text message saying his wife Deidre’s brain surgery was a success. This took place minutes after he smacked the first hit of his second act with the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

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As Pujols was getting ready for his spring training debut, Deidre, took on her social media handle late Tuesday and updated about her surgery. She informed that the procedure will undergo to remove a brain tumour discovered in October last year.

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“I have delayed this procedure for as long as I could out of fear and inconvenience to my busy life,” Pujols’ wife wrote on Instagram, in part. 

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“However, I can wait no longer and with the support of people I love and who care about me I am encouraged to take care of this before it takes my life. I felt compelled to share this private situation with you because it’s times like these that make you reflect on the fragility of life and the impact that my life has made in the world,” she added.

“My thoughts and prayers are with Didi and my family”

Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols

During an interaction with reporters, Pujols, who signed a $2.5 million one-year contract with the Cardinals, said he has always been able to compartmentalize baseball and life.

“I think about it, but when it’s time to lock in, I focus on what I need to do,” Pujols said of focusing on Wednesday’s game amid his wife’s circumstances, as quoted by ESPN.com. “Yes, my thoughts and my prayers are with Didi and my family.”

“But any time you open your scalp and your head, you are always concerned about it,” he said. “You trust the doctor that they have that wisdom and that gift. As much as we take swings in the cage, they do surgery.”

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