{"id":5712,"date":"2014-11-16T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=5712"},"modified":"2014-11-17T05:23:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T11:23:55","slug":"wfmts-carl-grapentine-faces-very-long-recovery-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/11\/16\/wfmts-carl-grapentine-faces-very-long-recovery-process\/","title":{"rendered":"WFMT\u2019s Carl Grapentine faces \u2018very long recovery process\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Carl Grapentine<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s been nearly a year since Carl Grapentine fell and ruptured his quadriceps tendon. Now the veteran morning host at classical WFMT FM 98.7<\/a> has done it again.<\/p>\n

Grapentine, 64, said he\u2019ll undergo surgery on both legs Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. After that, he expects to be in rehab for several months.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs some of you know, I was going to have my left quadriceps tendon repaired again as soon as my football\/travel season was over,\u201d he wrote on Facebook<\/a> Sunday. \u201cBut on Thursday at work, I fell when my left knee failed \u2014 and I ruptured the OTHER quad! Tomorrow morning I will have both tendons\/knees repaired and begin a very long recovery process. I'll have thigh-to-ankle casts on both legs for at least eight weeks before rehab can even begin. So I will be placed in a skilled nursing\/rehab location for several months \u2014 don't know where yet. Praying for healing \u2014 and patience!\u201d<\/p>\n

It may not be that long before WFMT listeners hear Grapentine again. Before his latest injury, he and his bosses discussed the possibility of broadcasting from his home during recovery. \u201cThe new \u2018daily double\u2019 operation changes the equation a bit, but it's definitely in the plans,\u201d he wrote. \u201cStay tuned, as they say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last December Grapentine was out of commission for four weeks after rupturing his quadriceps tendon in a slip and fall on ice.<\/p>\n

Except for a six-year stint at the former WNIB, Grapentine has been hosting mornings on the Window to the World Communications station since 1986. The Michigan native doubles as the stadium voice for the University of Michigan Wolverines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been nearly a year since Carl Grapentine fell and ruptured his quadriceps tendon. Now the veteran morning host at classical WFMT FM 98.7 has done it again. Grapentine, 64, said he\u2019ll undergo surgery on both legs Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. After that, he expects to be in rehab for several months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5715,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions\/5715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}