They can't keep him for only a couple of hours after a puncture, he needs several IV drips and antibiotics injections for five days, although I guess it's possible to get injections outside the hospital settings, but not IV drips, obviously.
In the previous couple of seasons Valentina did manage to withdraw him from a competition for health reasons. Maybe Misha was prepared to take his back seriously but not his nose. And I am pretty sure Misha is the one who generally makes final decisions of that sort in that tandem.
I suspect the Fed said "don't count on it". Misha has brought this on himself by competing sick while keeping quiet about his illness and ruining his standing with the Fed. When will Misha or anyone in that team think about the effect of their actions and worlds (or lack thereof) on Misha's reputation? Hire a PR consultant already.
The group admins wrote today in Misha's VK group that the final decision hasn't actually been made yet.We don’t know if it is a Plan B, though. If he’s healthy, it would be nice to see him compete again in better circumstances, even if it doesn’t result in a Worlds assignment. But another part of me just wants him to take a long, relaxing vacation as soon as he gets out of the hospital!
And yet, the official plan (as far as we know) is still to go to Nationals. I’m just pretending that isn't the case right now
Misha suffered from constant respiratory infections when he was younger and was even given some kind of an inhaler (not for asthma). So he does have an underlying weakness in that area.No news is good news or it is not? I thought we would hear something today!
Meanwhile, I don't think his illness has been that unknown to RusFed - they are generally keeping an eye on things, there are insiders, any amount of gossip and so on. Was any help/assistance/options how to adjust a training plan as to be able to get a treatment at the same time' offered is entirely different matter - I doubt it, at the same time 'you won't get if you never asked' so yes to pretend that everything is under control when it was not is never a good idea.
I am praying that he would not be allowed to go, a season is wasted anyway, to get healthy and start anew is more important. This condition is like a ticking bomb inside you - you know that it will go off again only don't know when - as a rule it happens at the most unfortunate moment (see Mika now) I personally gave up on any hope to beat it but Mika is younger, stronger and hopefully has no underlying causes like allergies as in my case, though he might have had a nose trauma in the past which could be that factor.
In a way it is good that it came to a hospital admission - he hopefully get a thorough examination and all kind of tests there. Young healthy people do not get a chronic sinusitis in a middle of the summer - there must have been something else going on with him.
Hope we'll hear something soon
The damage is not irreparable, it's unnecessary in this form at least. He hurt his standing with the Fed by so many bad performances, they may be disinclined to give him anything at this point. The problem with goodwill and PR is that it's not the fans' point of view that needs to be considered. Misha is by all accounts a really good person, not someone whose mean-spirited nature can't help but shine through in his public interactions, but he manages to turn people against him unnecessarily. It's been said many times, don't run away from journalists after bad performances, lose "I won't tell you" and the like from your vocabulary, don't say things that make you come across as if you don't care about bad performances. Fans are going to interpret it the right way because they are naturally inclined to do so and can put it in context, regular people won't. I've had a lot of conversations where I had to defend Misha and I am so sick of having to repeat the same things over and over that could have been avoided if Misha had thought about exactly how he would come across when making a certain comment. Remember that jokes often do not come across well, especially in print. People take worlds literally, it's been shown many times. And if you don't tell people about your health issues, they are not going to guess, they are going to assume you don't have any, unlike other skaters whose problems are real because they talk about them. Misha's got himself a reputation that there is nothing ever wrong with him which is not due to lack of character because he doesn't talk. This becomes counterproductive after a certain point. Samarin has injuries Aliev has injuries, Voronov has health issues, Lazukin has health issues, only Misha is always fine. Even his back is somewhere at the edge of public consciousness because of how much they have tried to downplay it.
Were they expecting a miracle cure? After a sinus puncture under outpatient conditions, not urgent hospitalization, with no edema to deal with, no IV drips, you need to avoid physical exertion for at least a week. This is regular physical exertion, not competing in elite sports. I am not sure if he's even been discharged from the hospital yet, there haven't been news.
It is quite possible that Valentina said they were going because she didn't know otherwise yet and she isn't Mishin with his pull, so it was safer at that point. I doubt she was planning to take Misha no matter what.
Maybe there will be an interview at some point where "you should get treated in time" gets further development.
