Actor Tyler Labine revealed that what he first dismissed as a stomach ache turned out to be a potentially fatal blood clot that he received treatment for over three days at a local hospital.
The 45-year-old described what happened in a caption on Instagram that he accompanied a video posted part of his trip to a local hospital and treatment there on Sunday.
“Sometimes it’s Tuesday and you walk around with a tummy ache so you try to sleep,” the former “New Amsterdam” star wrote in the post.
“So sometimes you wake up on (Wednesday) with such a bad stomach ache that you decide to go to the emergency room at your local hospital,” he continued. “And then sometimes your tummy ache turns out to be a potentially fatal blood clot in your intestines and liver and you have to spend the next 3 days in the hospital trying not to die. Only sometimes.”
Labine went on to give an update on his current health after getting over all of that.
“I’m fine,” he wrote.
“Slow recovery but I am here with my family supporting me and my lovely girlfriend Martha looking after me,” he said. “I am counting my blessings and possibly reassessing what is really important to me in this life.”
labina was hospitalized in november for surgery to repair an inguinal hernia, or “when tissue, such as a part of the intestine, protrudes through a weak spot in the abdominal muscles. The resulting lump can be painful, especially when coughing, bending over, or lifting a heavy object,” according to the Mayo Clinic.
“Just a little surgery on Friday (yesterday) morning”, Labine said on Instagram At the time. “I had an inguinal hernia fixed. Home now. feeling good Sooooore as heck but oh well. I just wanted to share. I love you all.”
