Rudy Fernández underwent a minor intervention in his back to end the pain in his right leg caused by pressure on the ciatic nerve, Rudy was operated by Dr. George Shannon from the Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center in Vancouver and left for home on the same day. Rudy said to www.rudy5.net that "after evaluating the situation carefully with my agents and the medical staff from the Blazers, and after considering all the options possible, looking for different medical opinions, it was decided that this intervention was the best way to end with the strong pains in my leg that prevented me from practicing and playing normally for the past few weeks¨. Rudy starts now with the recovery with optimism and hopes ¨to get healthy to be able to help the team as soon as possible¨.