After Nearly A Month In The Hospital With Pneumonia And Sepsis, The View Cohost Is Regaining Her Strength: ‘it’s A Long Road’
When Whoopi Goldberg caught what she thought was a common cold last fall, she never imagined it would eventually land her in the hospital for nearly a month with what doctors told her was a 30 percent chance of dying. “I’m very, very lucky,” says the View cohost, 63, who was diagnosed in February with pneumonia in both lungs and sepsis, a potentially deadly condition caused by the body’s response to an infection that can lead to tissue damage and organ failure. “It’s going to be a while before I’m back to 100 percent,” she says. “It really took me down, but I’m getting there.”
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