Bill Haisten

Tulsa World Sports Columnist

Oklahoma State athletic director Chad Weiberg acknowledged to the Tulsa World that he recently underwent an open-heart surgery in Oklahoma City.

Potentially “catastrophic” issues were detected by doctors who examined the results of a routine health scan. The six-hour surgery occurred on Aug. 2 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City.

“This was a full-on open-heart surgery,” Weiberg stated. “I’ve got a pretty gnarly incision from my neck down toward my stomach.

“This still feels surreal to me. I hadn’t been feeling bad at all. I feel very blessed that our medical professionals caught it. They say there was the risk of something catastrophic, if we hadn’t found it and fixed it.”

The 53-year-old Weiberg says there is a “slow reentry” int

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