{"id":1772749,"date":"2022-12-12T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772749"},"modified":"2022-12-12T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T21:03:10","slug":"tough-slog-al-roker-finally-gives-fans-an-update-after-being-released-from-the-hospital-for-a-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tough-slog-al-roker-finally-gives-fans-an-update-after-being-released-from-the-hospital-for-a-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tough Slog\u2019: Al Roker Finally Gives Fans An Update After Being Released From The Hospital For A Second Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftough-slog-al-roker-finally-gives-fans-an-update-after-being-released-from-the-hospital-for-a-second-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Longtime \u201cToday\u201d show host Al Roker didn\u2019t beat around the bush when he finally gave fans an update about his condition following a second hospitalization in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/al-roker-recovery-update-4-weeks-hospital-rcna61225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video call<\/a> from his home on Monday, the 68-year-old weather personality said his recent hospitalizations have been a \u201ctough slog,\u201d but thanked fans for all their love and support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cListen, it\u2019s been a tough slog,\u201d Roker shared. \u201cI\u2019m not going to deny this. It\u2019s been the hardest one yet, and you know I\u2019ve had my share of surgeries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives you [a] profound sense of gratitude for this outpouring of prayers and thanks,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019m a very fortunate person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TV personality also thanked his \u201cToday\u201d show co-hosts who helped cheer him up when he was in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys have been terrific coming by the hospital,\u201d Roker shared. \u201cHoda was actually, I think, named as an honorary doctor. She would literally show up. She did a \u2018ho-didni\u2019 the way she would just be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/today-show-host-al-roker-shares-update-with-fans-after-being-hospitalized-for-major-blood-clots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather personality<\/a> admitted that four weeks in the hospital was hard on his body and said he wasn\u2019t ready to return to the set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou lose a certain amount of muscle mass for every week you\u2019re in the hospital, and I was in the hospital for four weeks,\u201d Roker explained. \u201cIt\u2019s just a certain amount of weakness. I\u2019m doing physical therapy every day, occupational therapy. I\u2019ve got to just get my strength back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning, we&#8217;re checking in with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alroker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alroker<\/a>! \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3g67OeSDH\">pic.twitter.com\/a3g67OeSDH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1602286549617590272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a number of issues, but I feel good, I feel strong, and every day I feel a little bit better,\u201d he added. \u201cI made dinner last night. I just feel like this is going to be a little bit of a slog, but there are a lot of people who have to deal with a lot more with a lot fewer resources. I\u2019m very fortunate and very blessed to be able to have the resources I\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thanksgiving, Roker posted photos on Instagram celebrating that he was finally out of the hospital after a blood clot in his leg \u201csent some clots into\u201d his lungs.<\/p>\n<p>However, he\u00a0was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/today-show-host-al-roker-rushed-back-to-hospital-after-being-released-in-time-for-thanksgiving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rushed<\/a> back to the hospital via ambulance on November 25 after falling ill just a day after being released.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, the \u201cToday\u201d show confirmed that Roker was back in the hospital \u201cdue to some complications,\u201d as they sent well wishes to their co-host.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime \u201cToday\u201d show host Al Roker didn\u2019t beat around the bush when he finally gave fans an update about his condition following a second hospitalization in recent weeks. In a video call from his home on Monday, the 68-year-old weather personality said his recent hospitalizations have been a \u201ctough slog,\u201d but thanked fans for all &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1744111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6202,5823,5321,3870,7231,7363,8244,5073,6119,5002,6195],"class_list":["post-1772749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-daily","tag-fans","tag-finally","tag-hospital","tag-released","tag-roker","tag-slog","tag-time","tag-tough","tag-update","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1744111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}