Al Roker Gives Update After Being Hospitalized for Blood Clots
Al Roker is thankful for the outpouring of support.
The Today upwind anchor, 68, shared an update connected his wellness aft helium was readmitted to the hospital for the 2nd clip soon aft the Thanksgiving holiday. On Nov. 18, Roker shared that helium was archetypal admitted aft humor clots were recovered successful his limb and lungs.
"Hopefully coming location soon but erstwhile your tone sags a bit, you get to spot that and recharge," he wrote connected Dec. 8 alongside a photograph of the sunrise. "God Bless you each for each the prayers and good wishes for maine and my family."
Prior to Roker's caller statement, his Today colleague, Hoda Kotb, shared the quality of the meteorologist being readmitted during the Dec. 1 episode, adding that "is successful precise bully attraction and resting."
"His doctors are keeping a adjacent oculus connected him," she said. "Al and his household privation everybody to cognize however grateful they are for each the love, the enactment and good wishes."
Al's girl Leila Roker also expressed her gratitude for good wishes her begetter has received.
"Thank you to each the fantastic friends and household who person reached out," she wrote successful her Instagram Story on Nov 30. "We truly admit it."
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As a effect of his condition, Roker missed the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade for the archetypal clip successful 27 years.
During NBC's broadcast of the 96th yearly parade connected Nov. 24 his chap greeting show co-hosts sent saccharine messages of support.
"For the past 27 parades, astatine this moment, Savannah [Guthrie] we would crook to Al Roker, who is our Today amusement workfellow and our champion pal," Kotb said connected the Nov. 24 broadcast. "But arsenic a batch of you person heard, Al's recovering — he's recovering precise good from a caller aesculapian issue. And we conscionable privation to say, we emotion you Al. Wondering if you're watching, but we privation you a afloat recovery."
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