The Sparks rookie underwent surgery after suffering a torn ACL that will keep her out for the remainder of her rookie season
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Cameron Brink undergoes ACL surgery
After Cameron Brink’s recent surgery to repair her torn ACL, the WNBA rookie shared a hilarious video from her recovery in the hospital.
In her post on Instagram, 22-year-old Brink can be seen lying in her hospital gown post-surgery and interacting with her parents, Greg and Michelle, and her boyfriend Ben Felter.
The Los Angeles Sparks rookie was still out of it from being sedated for her operation, which resulted in a handful of loopy and hysterical video clips.
“I’ve been sleeping. I’ve just been chilling. I woke up and I’m so chill,” Brink said in the video, reiterating, “I’m chilling.”
That’s when the 6-foot-3 basketball star told her family she hit a new level of chill after the successful surgery. “I’m in another dimension and I’m chilling. You could sit me here all day and I’m just relaxing,” Brink mumbled as she sipped from a bottle of cranberry-orange juice.
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When her mom asked what television show Brink was excited to watch later that night, she thought about it for a moment and said, “Love Island,” referring to Peacock’s reality dating series hosted by Ariana Madix.
A voice off-camera told Brink she “crushed it” during the surgery, to which she mumbled a bit more before telling the room, “My eyes feel like they’re going this way and that way,” clearly still loopy from the medication.
In the caption, Brink thanked her friends, family and fans for their support as she recovers from her season-ending surgery. “Chillin on the road to recovery thank you all for the well wishes:) I’m feeling extremely encouraged, supported & ready to make small strides everyday,” she wrote, adding the hashtag, “#delayednotdenied.”
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The second overall pick in this year’s WNBA draft, Brink was having a stellar start to her rookie season before tearing her ACL in June during a game against the Connecticut Sun.
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Cameron Brink #22 of the Los Angeles Sparks
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The injury, which will keep Brink out for the remainder of her rookie season, happened just after she was selected to Team USA’s 3×3 women’s basketball team.
“This is hard to fathom but I know it will only make me stronger,” she wrote in a post on Instagram just after the injury.
“I will not be derailed and I will continue to love this life — I’m not defined by basketball, but it is something that I love deeply and I will work everyday to get back to it,” Brink continued. “It’s not goodbye basketball it’s just a see you later. I’m always so thankful for your thoughts and prayers. 💜💛 #delayednotdenied”
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