«Next thing I remember was my wife (Carole) screaming, and that kind of woke me up,» said Ball. «Thank god she was home to call 911, or who knows? Pretty scary.
«They raced me to the hospital and pumped me full of blood thinners, and put me on strict bed rest for a few days, and they found a blood clot in my leg on the same side I broke my leg.
«They asked about injuries and travelling and I said, ‘I broke my leg and then I travelled,' and they said, ‘well, there you go — two things that can lead to a blood clot are broken bones and travelling.'»
