Major League Baseball star Travis Swaggerty has called on fans to send their prayers to his wife, after she was left with a serious blood disease following an attack by a raccoon.
Swaggerty - who is an outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates - revealed his wife Peyton was bitten by the animal over a year ago, and has been left with a 'painful' blood condition. In a statement on social media the MLB star revealed the condition had taken away his partner's quality of wife.
Taking to social media, he said: "Tomorrow, my wife Peyton heads to the Mayo Clinic (with Sutton [daughter] and her parents and Nana) after being attacked by a rabid raccoon over a year ago and a lot of guesses and medicines have been thrown at her.
