CLEVELAND -- Bernie Kosar is scheduled to receive a liver transplant Monday morning.

The former University of Miami and Cleveland Browns star quarterback shared the good news in a social media post Sunday night.

"Thank you all for the thoughts, prayers, and support -- it truly means the world to me," Kosar said in the post from his hospital bed.

The 61-year-old Kosar was set to receive a liver transplant last weekend, but said that it was delayed because the donor's organ was infected.

During the past week, he has undergone five procedures to stop internal bleeding.

Kosar told Cleveland Magazine last year that he had been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's disease.

The Youngstown, Ohio, native recalled being bothered by liver-related issues for years but brus

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