🏉Former Bulls and Springbok flyhalf Derick Hougaard is finally awake and breathing on his own in ICU for failing to wake up at his home after going to sleep😰 Rugby SportsNews TheCitizenSport Read the story⬇️
“You can never prepare for these situations. What happened caught us all off guard. Derick has been through hell."and Springbok flyhalf Derick Hougaard is awake and breathing on his own, his friend Nadine confirmed on Tuesday morning., Nadine said “it was going well” with her and Hougaard, who has now spent 18 days in ICU at Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria after failing to wake up at his home after going to sleep.
Hougaard, who was known as “Liefling” to Bulls fans during his rugby-playing days, was in a coma until a few days ago.Singer Nadine, who has been in a relationship with Hougaard, told Bester that the former rugby player had been “through hell” but that there were now signs that he was on the road to recovery.“You can never prepare for these situations. What happened caught us all off guard. Derick has been through hell.“In the first few days we didn’t think he would make it.
“His life was hanging by a thread in the first nine days. He woke up by day 13 and by day 15 he started to sit up and communicate.Nadine added Hougaard said it was difficult to breathe, “but one’s body and lungs have to adjust again to breathing without the help of a ventilator … and this is a step forward.
Nadine thanked everyone for their prayers and for their care and interest and added, “He is awake and breathing on his own … the next amazing thing will be when he gets out of bed and walks out of this hospital.
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