Post by Peep's Naitch on Dec 9, 2017 21:08:47 GMT -5
Speaking on Ricky Morton's podcast "School of Morton", 2X WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair discussed the health scare that could have ended his life earlier this year. He admitted that he can't remember the incident that lead up to it or the hospital stay because he was inebriated.
His recollection of the events:
"Well, I had been drinking. Shocker, yeah. A friend of mine came in town from Dallas and we had been out all day the day before and again in the morning before he flew back, and then that afternoon at around dinner time, I got this really sharp pain in my stomach.
"[My fiancee] Wendy took me to the hospital, and my intestine had broken open. And that's the last thing I remember. I don't remember anything else. On Monday, they put me in an induced coma, and I stayed in that and on life support for 11 days. But I don't remember any of it, I woke up to not remembering anything." "Wendy stayed with me in the ICU every day. She got what's called ... seriously, ICU psychosis, and she never left my room for 11 days."
He also stated that he had to re-learn a lot of basic things, like walking. "And then when I got released from the hospital they checked me into a place, because I had to learn how to walk again, I couldn't walk, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't twist the top off a Gatorade bottle or open a diet Coke. I lost 43 lbs. So they put me into a physical rehab, not an alcohol rehab. I'd already done that gig, and that really worked."
Credit:
www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ric-flair-doesnt-remember-health-scare/ar-BBGpxag?li=AA2qN5v&ocid=spartandhp
His recollection of the events:
"Well, I had been drinking. Shocker, yeah. A friend of mine came in town from Dallas and we had been out all day the day before and again in the morning before he flew back, and then that afternoon at around dinner time, I got this really sharp pain in my stomach.
"[My fiancee] Wendy took me to the hospital, and my intestine had broken open. And that's the last thing I remember. I don't remember anything else. On Monday, they put me in an induced coma, and I stayed in that and on life support for 11 days. But I don't remember any of it, I woke up to not remembering anything." "Wendy stayed with me in the ICU every day. She got what's called ... seriously, ICU psychosis, and she never left my room for 11 days."
He also stated that he had to re-learn a lot of basic things, like walking. "And then when I got released from the hospital they checked me into a place, because I had to learn how to walk again, I couldn't walk, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't twist the top off a Gatorade bottle or open a diet Coke. I lost 43 lbs. So they put me into a physical rehab, not an alcohol rehab. I'd already done that gig, and that really worked."
Credit:
www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ric-flair-doesnt-remember-health-scare/ar-BBGpxag?li=AA2qN5v&ocid=spartandhp