Frank Vascellaro shares update on recovery from shoulder surgery

MINNEAPOLIS -- Frank Vascellaro is recovering after undergoing shoulder surgery earlier this month.

WCCO's evening anchor shared that he wouldn't be behind the desk for a few weeks; he slipped and fell the day after Christmas while helping his daughter load up her car, hurting his rotor cuff.

"I completely went up into the air and the first thing I hit was my left shoulder and I immediately knew I had done something bad," Vascellaro said Thursday on WCCO's 4 p.m. show. "We have doctors and emergency personnel on the news all the time talking about the dangers of slipping and falling this time of year. I wish I would have listened to them better."

It was his footwear choice that was partially to blame. He went out in Birkenstocks, and acknowledged that he should have worn his winter boots.

"Had I only worn the regular good shoes I wear, it never would have happened," he said.

He suffered three tears in his rotator cuff and another on the tendon that holds his bicep into place.

On Thursday this week, Vascellaro shared an update on his progress on Facebook.

"I am so grateful for his skill and knowledge, and I marvel at the medical technology that exists to open this joint and repair those tears. You have time to think about these things when you are just resting and sleeping in a recliner," Vascellaro said.

He added that he is hopeful he'll be back at WCCO soon, pending another check with his doctor next week.