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- Sports
- Updated: Jan. 07, 2026, 4:51 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 4:50 p.m.
Cleveland Browns legendary backmost Bernie Kosar is backmost successful nan infirmary again, astir six weeks aft he underwent liver transplant room successful November.
Kosar, 62, said he had been re-admitted to University Hospital owed to complications from his assemblage accepting nan caller liver transplant.
“2026 is going to beryllium a awesome twelvemonth for us, but it started retired a small unsmooth for maine here,” Kosar said successful a video posted to X connected Wednesday. “My assemblage is having a mini rejection correct now of nan liver. So I’m backmost successful present getting IV’d up and trying to get my assemblage to judge this caller liver and this caller gift truthful I tin get connected to having an awesome, affirmative 2026. Have a awesome remainder of nan week. You matter.”
This marks nan 4th clip Kosar has been re-admitted to UH pursuing his transplant room connected Nov. 17. Most recently, he was hospitalized connected Dec. 10 owed to E. Coli humor poisoning, but was released 1 week later.
Kosar went public pinch his astir caller liver complications connected Nov. 12, erstwhile he announced that a antecedently scheduled transplant room was delayed owed to nan philanthropist organ being infected. He underwent a successful liver transplant process connected Nov. 17 and was discharged from University Hospitals 1 week later connected Nov. 24 – 1 time earlier his 62nd day and 3 days earlier Thanksgiving.
However, little than 1 week later, Kosar was re-admitted to UH connected Nov. 30, but didn’t stock further specifications astir what led to his hospitalization. He was discharged from UH for nan 2nd clip connected Dec. 2, saying that he was “heading location pinch gratitude,” he wrote successful a post to X.
Kosar’s liver transplant room took 5 hours to complete, according to Dr. Zoe Lewis, who performed nan procedure. Lewis said Kosar’s room was “uneventful, thankfully,” and that he was 1 of fewer patients who was capable to person their breathing conduit removed successful nan operating room pursuing surgery. She added that Kosar’s betterment process will see a regular follow-up programme pinch UH which includes “lots of humor testing” connected a play basis.
Jim McCarthy, a adjacent friend of Kosar’s, launched a GoFundMe fundraiser connected behalf of nan Browns fable to thief assistance pinch his aesculapian costs. The fundraiser has surpassed $181,000 of its $300,000 extremity arsenic of Wednesday afternoon.
On Thanksgiving Day, Kosar donated $25,000 from nan GoFundMe to nan family of Bryce Dunlap, a 21-year-old Cleveland man whose family donated his liver to Kosar aft Bryce’s decease past month.
“This family changed my life everlastingly erstwhile they blessed maine pinch nan unthinkable gift of Bryce’s liver,” Kosar wrote successful a Facebook post announcing nan donation. “Their generosity gave maine a 2nd chance, and I will ne'er extremity honoring Bryce’s legacy.”
Kosar announced he was suffering from liver nonaccomplishment and successful request of a transplant during an question and reply pinch Cleveland Magazine successful July 2024. He was placed connected UH’s liver transplant database successful outpouring 2024. In that aforesaid interview, Kosar besides announced he had been diagnosed pinch Parkinson’s disease.
Zach Mentz is Trending Sports and News Reporter for cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer. His past acquisition includes clip spent pinch nan Cleveland Guardians, Cannabis Business Times, and North Coast Media. His...
