I'm going to go on a hunch here and say that he wasn't in the hospital just for "back problems".
Instead, I am going to wager and say that he instead went in to have some sort of orthopedic surgery and judging by the neck brace he is wearing, I am guessing he had a procedure done to his cervical spine (Probably a decompression). The brace was probably used to provide immobilization pre/post cervical spine surgery and that gauze pad you see immediately to the right of that brace is probably the entry point as many cervical spine surgeries are approach with an anterior incision.
Also, he has two things on that bed directly next to his hands, one is the call bell/remote control (Which has a button to call in the nurse and a few other buttons to control the TV above him) the other button which is conveniently gripped with his huge left hand is a Grey button that is used to control a PCA (Patient controlled Analgesia) pump.
Typically after minor same day surgeries, there is very little need to have a patient on a PCA pump, as a few narcotics would do the trick.
My guess is that big Ron has a few spine issues that have recently sent him in for surgical work.
Good luck big sexy!
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