KAT Tolentino underwent emergency surgery on Tuesday after suffering a ruptured appendix.
Choco Mucho shared an update on its ace spiker’s condition.
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The Fil-Canadian spiker dealt with ‘severe abdominal pains’ on Monday, two days after the Flying Titans’ five-set comeback win over ZUS Coffee in their first PVL match of 2025.
Tolentino had a meager three-point output and only played the first three sets.
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Flying Titans head coach Dante Alinsunurin again rued the team’s recurring personnel problem last Saturday in which he pointed out how they continue to hit road bumps whenever they’re starting to gain momentum.
“Meron mang umaangat, meron namang bumaba. Bago ‘yung game na ‘to, merong may sakit naman sa’min. May bumalik, may mawawala,” Alinsunurin said.
“Sobrang ‘di ko alam kung ano bang nangyayari sa team namin every time na merong babalik, may biglang mawawala.”
Health issues have long marred Tolentino's career since her Ateneo days after dealing with three ACL injuries and, most recently, partial deafness due to recurring auditory problems for over a year now.
Tolentino normed 11.29 points in seven matches played as the league’s tenth-overall leading scorer.
She is expected to miss significant game time as she recovers from the operation, which may run until the end of the elimination round in late February.
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