The former Blue Peter presenter was in a medically induced coma for 6 days.
Source: Instagram (@richardpbacon)
Richard has Tweeted 'I am alive' after coming out of a medically induced coma.
The former Blue Peter presenter fell ill while travelling from the US to the UK earlier this month.
The 42 year old has confirmed he suffered a double chest infection that's yet to be identified - and says he nearly died.
So I did 6 days strght in a coma. Been here another 4 since. It’s an yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died. At one point, as I was as run down a hallway to ICU at midnight, with a massive needle jammed in my chest (bit like Pulp Fiction) I thought, this is it.1/2
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
2/2 How’s is this going to affect my kids’ lives? Who’s going to sit my poor dad down and say“I’m sorry, we did everything we could”. But then I didn’t die. And I didn’t die because I’m on the NHS . VivaTheNHS. See you for your ?th. By which time I probably will have penumonia
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
Source: Twitter (@richardpbacon)
