Vikings first-round draft pick Percy Harvin was admitted to a hospital in Atlanta on Thursday with a case of "extreme dehydration and a virus," according to coach Brad Childress, who addressed the media after Friday's first rookie minicamp practice.
Childress said Harvin vomited in the airport in Atlanta on Thursday before he was admitted to a hospital by ambulance. Harvin is expected to be released this weekend, Childress said.
The star receiver was on his way to Minneapolis from Florida for the minicamp, and he had a connecting flight in Atlanta. Harvin tested negative for the H1N1 virus of swine origin, Childress said.
Harvin is expected to return to Gainesville, Fla., after he's released from the hospital and will not attend the rest of the rookie minicamp today and Sunday. Childress spoke with him early Friday, and Vikings physicians have spoken extensively with the doctors in Atlanta.
"It's just unfortunate circumstances," Childress said. "That's the only way you can put it."
Harvin had taken 14 or 15 flights in the past two weeks. That, combined with a hard workout Wednesday in Florida, contributed to his condition, Childress said.
"I just think the grind had caught up with him," Childress said.
Tom Powers: It was easy to fear the worst on Harvin.
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