Mikkey Dee, former drummer for the legendary rock band Motörhead, has shared his harrowing experience with a near-fatal blood infection. Dee, who was hospitalized for three weeks, revealed that what initially started as a simple sprain escalated into a severe medical emergency. He underwent multiple surgeries and credits the medical staff at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg for saving his life.
Mikkey Dee , Ian Fraser Kilmister and Phil Campbell of Motorhead attend The 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2015 in Los Angeles.of his health scare on social media on Thursday , explaining that he had been hospitalized following a blood infection he described as “very serious”.
“I was admitted for three weeks but now I am home fighting this bastard bacteria,” he shared. “Thankfully, I have received fantastic care at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, my hometown.“So thanks a million to all the Doctors and Nurses that have been giving me the most excellent care,” he added. “After several operations, I am now back home and the numbers are all going in the right direction. Still lots of recovery and rehab in front of me.”, Dee expanded upon the experience.
“The ankle swelled up like hell, then it took on a weird shape and appearance and looked like an overcooked ham,” Dee said. “I became very ill so I had to go by ambulance to Sahlgrenska and there they found that I had sky-high values, so I became priority one there. “It was surgery right away, the first of three. They cut away what was dead and infected and badly infested. It was not a good journey I was on… Another day and I’d be playing drums with Lemmy in heaven. I can say that.”
In some strange synchronicity, Dee’s brush with death occurred almost nine years to the day since his Motörhead bandmate, on Dec. 28, 2015. Notably, his health scare also took place mere weeks after he took to social media toon drums.
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