By Madison Williams The Mercury star suffered body tremors and underwent a long recovery after a surgery to remove a grape-sized tumor in her spinal cord. View the original article to see embedded media. Mercury star Diamond DeShields knew going into her surgery on Jan. 17, 2020 that there were risks to remove the grape-sized tumor on her spinal cord, she told ESPN’s Holly Rowe. The biggest risk was possible paralysis because the surgeons were working near her spinal nerves, and the tumor could be intertwined with nerves. Her surgery was predicted to take three hours, but ended up taking nine …