Conservative pundit Erick Erickson said he was discharged from the hospital Monday after a serious health scare landed him in the intensive care unit.
Erickson tweeted that he had been in the ICU since Thursday after a pulmonary embolism “shattered” and that he’d be taking a hiatus from social media.
“It is rather sobering to have doctors tell you that you should be dead,” he tweeted.
Here’s what Erickson shared about his scare:
I’ve been in ICU since Thursday and hardly on the Internet. It amazing me how high the volume of invective is in my mentions column.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 17, 2016
As for ICU, it is rather sobering to have doctors tell you that you should be dead. I had a pulmonary embolism that shattered into pieces.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 17, 2016
The technical phrase is that my lungs are “showered” with clots. Finally got out of ICU today thankfully.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 17, 2016
And now I’m going to tune out again. 4 days away from Twitter has shown me how unnecessary Twitter really is.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 17, 2016
Good news: getting discharged from the hospital to my own bed. Still need lots of rest, but I can do it at home. Thanks for the prayers.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 18, 2016
So on Thursday a vein blew. Then they put the high dose blood thinner in me and this happened.… https://t.co/IGKfJ8mLr6
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) April 18, 2016
