Chris Bosh says he nearly lost his life while getting ready for a recent date night with his wife.
The former Heat star explained in a video on his X page on Wednesday that as he was preparing for a fun evening out, he suffered a serious medical emergency.
“I was getting ready to go on a date with my wife,” Bosh said, “and next thing you know, I was on the ground.”
The Hall of Famer said he “woke up covered in my own blood,” and called the terrifying episode “crazy,” “fast” and “instant.”
“There was no warning,” he said. “I didn’t have any time to prepare for it.”
In a newsletter, he wrote that the whole experience began after a “numbing sensation shot down my left leg.” He said it was a comparable to the feeling of when people hit their funny bones.
What’s even scarier, he wrote that when he “tried to move my body the way I always had,” “it didn’t respond.”
Bosh — who had noticeable bruising on his face in his X video — never stated what exactly caused the issue, but in both his newsletter and his video, the two-time NBA champion said he’s now on the mend.
“It was a scary thing and it came fast. And it made me really have a different outlook on life and how things go,” he said. “What we do for ourselves, what we do for our family. How we live our lives. And no matter what it is, make sure you don’t wait. That’s the thing that I get from this. Don’t wait to take action. Because it could come fast. It could come quick. And I’m lucky to be alive. And I feel great about that.
“And now I’m thinking about how I live my day-to-day life. That’s really it.”
Bosh played in the NBA for 13 seasons — making 11 All-Star games — but his time on the hardwood ended prematurely in 2016 due to recurring blood clots.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
