On Monday, the Bulls are expected to reveal more information about Eddy Curry’s irregular heartbeat, a definitive treatment plan and how long the fourth-year center will be out of the lineup.
The team has been tight-lipped about the subject mostly because the testing process has been slowed by Curry being at Rush University Medical Center over the weekend. Curry has been hospitalized since Wednesday night in Charlotte and transferred to Rush on Friday.
Despite that, team officials continue to paint a positive picture about Curry’s health situation, merely saying they are being cautious and thorough with someone they plan to make a multimillion-dollar investment in this summer.
One team source said Curry’s lengthy hospital stay is to monitor how his body best reacts to a medication plan to treat and potentially cure his arrhythmia. Most tests to monitor this condition are of the outpatient variety, but Curry remains in a hospital because doctors want to closely monitor his beat, which is regulating, according to a team source.
In a phone interview from his Charlotte hospital room on Thursday, Curry said that his first day of medication immediately alleviated some of the sluggishness and light-headedness he experienced when he first encountered his symptoms.
Since he arrived in Chicago on Friday, attempts to reach Curry, 22, have been unsuccessful.
General Manager John Paxson said the team wanted to wait until all testing was completed and it had the right language from medical personnel to publicly disclose details of Curry’s condition. A team physician is expected to answer questions on Monday.
The Bulls have won three straight since Curry first complained of symptoms on Wednesday night in Charlotte. But the center is a valued offensive player who will be needed come playoff time. At 53.8 percent, Curry ranks fourth in the league in field-goal percentage.
The Bulls leave Monday night for Miami, where they begin a stretch of four games in five nights Tuesday. Previously, hope existed for Curry to perhaps play on Friday night in New York. According to a team official, that hope remains.
