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Ty Pennington, HGTV host Rock the block And Battle on the beach subscriber on instagram He is recovering from a throat abscess that landed him in the intensive care unit at a Colorado hospital.
Pennington’s airway was blocked, necessitating intubation. His condition came only two days after he attended Barbie premiere in Los Angeles.,
Pennington is also the former host of The trading spaces And Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
“From the red carpet to the ICU… this past week has been fun! I’m fine now, still recovering,” he wrote. To shed some light on why I’m at MIA… Sunday I hit the red carpet for barbiethemovie; Monday I flew to Colorado to start filming in Breckenridge and Tuesday morning I woke up at 4 in the morning and could barely breathe. Turns out, the sore throat I’ve had in a month The last one was actually an abscess that had grown so big that it blocked the airway.”
He continued, “Next thing I know, I’ve been intubated and taken to the intensive care unit in Denver.” Wednesday I had surgery and yesterday afternoon I was discharged from the ICU. Many thanks to all the amazing staff at St. Anthony’s in Lakewood, CO & Summit Health in Frisco for taking such great care of me. Great reminder to listen to your body when it’s telling you something #justhappytobehere Also, even through heavy sedatives, it’s good to see I’m still in the right frame of mind (pic 4)…”
Bennington attended Barbie Premiering Sunday to promote the four-part HGTV feature Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge. He’ll compete in one of eight teams of HGTV stars to transform a Southern California home into a real-life version of Barbie’s pink mansion.
Series premieres July 16 at 8 p.m
