Former Blue Peter presenter Richard Bacon has thanked his wife Rebecca for her support while he recovers after waking from a medically induced coma.
Bacon became ill while on a flight to Britain from the United States earlier this month and was rushed to hospital as soon as it landed, where he was put into a medically induced coma for "nine or ten nights".
Paying tribute to his wife Rebecca, he shared an update on his improving health and his expected release from hospital with his social media followers.
Last full day in hospital. Every facet of my life would be worse without Rebecca in it. How will I ever thank her? I was in a coma for nine or ten nights (I just learned). That’s a lot of staring at your husband and his pipes. And a lot of worry pic.twitter.com/4WFsWnFsDH
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 18, 2018
Sharing photographs of their hands intertwined from his hospital bed, he said, "Last full day in hospital. Every facet of my life would be worse without Rebecca in it. How will I ever thank her?
"I was in a coma for nine or ten nights (I just learned). That's a lot of staring at your husband and his pipes. And a lot of worry."
The 42-year-old fell ill while travelling to Britain from the US and was taken off a plane in a wheelchair before being admitted to a London hospital.
As many people know, my son @richardpbacon has been in a medically induced coma in intensive care for a week but he’s young, he’s fit and the NHS have been brilliant, and I’m sure he’ll come through this. Been very worrying. We’ve received so many lovely messages👏
— Christine Bacon (@xtinebacon) July 13, 2018
On Monday he posted on social media saying he had "nearly died".
In tweets which were later deleted he said: "So, I did six days straight in a coma. Been here another four since.
"It's an (as) yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died.
"At one point, as I was run down a hallway to ICU (an intensive care unit) at midnight, with a massive needle jammed in my chest - bit like Pulp Fiction - I thought, 'This is it'."
