Denmark's Christian Eriksen posts an Instagram from his hospital bed days after cardiac arrest, saying he is doing 'fine — under the circumstances.”
Eriksen, 29, had to be resuscitated after he dropped to the ground unexpectedly during Denmark’s opening game against Finland on Saturday.
As Eriksen lay unconscious on the field and medics rushed to give him CPR, his teammates crowded around him in visible distress. Some 15,000 fans in the stands fell into hushed silence while millions more watched the incident live on TV.In his first public comments since the incident, Eriksen postedto Instagram from a hospital bed Tuesday, thanking everyone for the “sweet and amazing greetings and messages from all around the world.
Danish footballer Christian Eriksen gives a thumbs-up at Rigshospitalet, where he is treated after he collapsed during a UEFA Euro 2020 game on Saturday, in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 15, 2021.Eriksen said the support means a lot to him and his family, adding that he still has to undergo some medical examinations, but was feeling well.before being resuscitated with a defibrillator.
Saturday's match had to be suspended as viewers around the world watched in terror as the incident unfolded in real time.
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