‘Today’ Show Host Al Roker Provides New Details About ‘Life-Threatening’ Crisis That Landed Him In Hospital

Longtime “Today” Show host Al Roker He made his return on the morning show Friday Added new details about the project. “life-threatening” Multiple times in the hospital in crisis, he was admitted multiple times over the last few weeks.

During The 68-year-old weather personality’s first appearance back on the NBC daytime show since mid-November, Roker talked How doctors discovered that he had lost his hair “half” His blood was taken from two ulcers.

“I had this internal bleeding going on. I lost half my blood,” Roker explained. “And they were trying to figure out where it was. And finally, they went in, did the surgery. I had two bleeding ulcers.”

Roker Doctors had to resection the colon and remove the gallbladder.

He joked he “went in for one operation [and] got four free.”

Roker’s wife Deborah Roberts was on the set too, calling her husband’s health crisis a “frightening journey.”

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“It’s not lost on us that this is a major, major thing for Al to be here,” Roberts shared. “He is a living, breathing miracle. He really is. And I’m not overstating it, I don’t think. Al was a very, very, very sick man and I think most people did not know that.”

Earlier The show will be broadcast live. Roker’s co-host made it clear they were thrilled he was back, getting emotional at times, Page Six reported.

“The tears are already flowing,” Savannah Guthrie said. “Al Roker is back. There he is.”

“Al, to say we have missed you doesn’t even begin to describe it,” She added. “It is nothing without you here.”

“The crew is weepy,” Hoda Kotb added. “The crowd outside has been waiting for you. They’ve been bummed every day we’ve walked out there. They’re like, ‘Where is Al?’”

The TV personality said, “I have missed you guys so very much. You are my second family, and it’s just great to be back. And wearing pants!”

Roker’s co-host Savannah Guthrie It was announced earlier this week, that the weather personality is “coming back to the show” After being admitted to hospital, Thanksgiving When a blood clot forms in his leg “sent some clots into” As before, his lungs reported.

The After his second hospitalization, a TV personality updated his fans. DecemberIt is also called “a”. “tough slog,” Thank you to all of your support and love, and we thank you.

“Listen, it’s been a tough slog,” Roker shared. “I’m not going to deny this. It’s been the hardest one yet, and you know I’ve had my share of surgeries.”

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