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Al Roker Gives Update After Being Hospitalized for Blood Clots
Al Roker has deed a bump successful his roadworthy to recovery.
The Today weather anchor, 68, was taken backmost to the infirmary soon aft being discharged from a aesculapian center, owed to "complications," with his 2nd travel coming amid his betterment from humor clots found successful his limb and lungs.
His colleague, Hoda Kotb, confirmed the improvement connected Dec. 1, adding that helium "is successful precise bully attraction and resting."
"His doctors are keeping a adjacent oculus connected him," she said connected Today. "Al and his household privation everybody to cognize however grateful they are for each the love, the enactment and good wishes."
After quality of his infirmary instrumentality emerged, his daughter Leila Roker shared a connection to loved ones connected her Instagram Story. "Thank you to each the fantastic friends and household who person reached out," she captioned a selfie. "We truly admit it."
The update connected Al's information comes 2 weeks aft the weatherman shared details of his archetypal hospitalization.
"Last week I was admitted to the infirmary with a humor clot successful my limb which sent immoderate clots into my lungs," helium shared of his diagnosis successful a Nov. 18 Instagram post. "After immoderate aesculapian whack-a-mole, I americium truthful fortunate to beryllium getting terrific aesculapian attraction and connected the mode to recovery."
We’re sending our emotion to @alroker arsenic helium returns to hospital.
He and his household privation everybody to cognize however grateful they are for each the love, support, and good wishes ❤️ pic.twitter.com/pCsSsmA5wU
Due to his condition, Al was forced to beryllium retired connected the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the archetypal clip successful 27 years. On Nov. 24, Al was discharged from the infirmary arsenic his Today co-stars Hoda and Savannah Guthrie held down the fort and co-hosted the NBC broadcast of the Thanksgiving festivities.
"Alright, this is my mentation of the Thanksgiving Day parade," helium joked successful a video of himself walking retired of the building. "Getting acceptable to permission the hospital. Time to stroke this taco stand!"
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Al added successful the caption, "So overmuch to beryllium #thankful for connected the #thanksgiving day."
Once astatine home, the greeting amusement fan-favorite posted a selfie with his TV, which showed Savannah, 50, and Hoda, 58, connected screen. "Back location successful clip to drawback a small spot of the #macysthanksgivingdayparade," Al captioned the photo. "Missing being adjacent to @savannahguthrie and @hodakotb."
He also shared respective pictures of his Thanksgiving celebration, including an representation of himself seated astatine a array with his 3 kids and wife Deborah Roberts, writing, "So very #thankful to beryllium capable to beryllium location for #thanksgiving #dinner with #family."
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