“It’s great to be back. Back in the locker room. Back to work.’’
It’s also great to be back healthy, Robinson said.
As he talked to reporters before Tuesday’s practice, Robinson revealed that the illness he suffered in late August was more serious than he realized at the time. Robinson said he began having a bad reaction to the prescription drug Indocin on Aug. 17, the day the Seahawks played their third exhibition game against Denver.
“(You’re) supposed to take it two times a day and I was taking it as prescribed, but I think I was dehydrated before the game and you can’t take those and be dehydrated,’’ he said. “And I think I probably got sick at the same time — they just said it was the perfect storm. I thought I was just getting the flu and, come to find out, liver, kidneys almost failed. It was pretty bad.’’
In fact, Robinson was hospitalized twice, the second time for “a few days.’’ He said he lost more than 30 pounds — down to 212 from his playing weight of 245.
His illness, combined with his $2.5 million salary and the presence of younger and cheaper players in Coleman and Ware, made Robinson expendable when it came time to set regular-season rosters despite the fact he was a special-teams captain the past two years and made the Pro Bowl in 2011.
