Wayne Lineker has revealed he was rushed to hospital after thinking he was having a heart attack and now faces a long road to recovery
Wayne Lineker has been rushed to hospital and is recovering in intensive care. The O Beach owner, 63, revealed he is suffering from ‘extremely dangerous’ pneumonia and has been left “unable to walk”.
The brother of former football legend Gary Lineker took to Instagram to reveal the scary plight on Sunday. He explained how he initially thought he had been struck down with COVID before thinking he had a heart attack such was the pain.
Medics later diagnosed the star had pneumonia. He revealed that he will now require months of rehabilitation and physiotherapy as he is unable to walk. However, he said he is now on the road to recovery.
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According to the NHS, pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs. The health organisation says it is usually caused by an infection and most people get better in 2 to 4 weeks. However, babies, older people, and people with heart or lung conditions are said to be at risk of getting seriously ill and may need treatment in hospital.
Wayne wrote: ‘Hello, my beautiful friends… I did not want to announce this because I know how much love I would receive and I always feel extremely guilty not being able to reply to everyone.
“So two weeks ago I caught a flight from Mauritius to Dubai as I needed to be there for the one year anniversary party. While I was on that flight, I believe I caught a very bad infection.
“What I thought at the time was Covid, it completely knocked me out and I just wanted to get home. I flew home on the Friday and went straight home and rested. 3am in the morning i woke from my bed and could not walk at that time.”
The star continued: “I thought I was having a heart attack so called my daughter Tia and she was in great despair and called her mum who came round to my house and me in an ambulance o the hospital where I was diagnosed with chronic pneumonia and admitted to intensive care where I spent 10 days.
“‘Now have been moved to a respiratory ward it’s only now that I feel confident enough in my recovery that I can let everyone know I have been speaking and having visits from my family and close friends.”
He went on to explain how catching the virus at his age brings a lot of dangers. “I am still in hospital but out of the danger zone and intensive care,” he said. “I still cannot walk at all and have around two months rehabilitation and physio ahead of me.”
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