{"id":2007464,"date":"2023-08-21T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-roker-says-hes-glad-to-be-alive-on-birthday-after-multiple-hospitalizations\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T20:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:23:04","slug":"al-roker-says-hes-glad-to-be-alive-on-birthday-after-multiple-hospitalizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-roker-says-hes-glad-to-be-alive-on-birthday-after-multiple-hospitalizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Roker grateful for life on birthday after hospital stays."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fal-roker-says-hes-glad-to-be-alive-on-birthday-after-multiple-hospitalizations%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=2007464&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--><h2>Al Roker Celebrates Birthday and\u200b Reflects on Health Scare<\/h2>\n<p>Longtime \u201cToday\u201d\u2062 show host\u2064 Al Roker expressed\u2063 his\u2062 gratitude for another \u200byear of life as he celebrated\u2063 his birthday this weekend. The 69-year-old NBC \u200chost had been absent from the airwaves for several weeks due to multiple hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p>Roker, who had to be hospitalized before Thanksgiving 2022 after a\u200b blood clot in his leg \u200dtraveled to his lungs, shared his appreciation for reaching his 69th birthday in a video on Instagram. \u2063He expressed his gratitude to all those who had\u2063 sent well wishes and good\u200d thoughts during his health journey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Al Roker \u2018glad to be alive\u2019 on 69th birthday following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-banning-travel-from-india-after-what-he-said-when-trump-banned-travel-from-china\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed For Banning Travel From India After What He Said When Trump Banned Travel From China\">health scare<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lIG8uLSG8y\">https:\/\/t.co\/lIG8uLSG8y<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XC30Ov1VaF\">pic.twitter.com\/XC30Ov1VaF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Page \u2062Six (@PageSix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PageSix\/status\/1693719867998838853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200b21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA\u2063 lot to be grateful for on\u200c this birthday and [I\u2019m] glad to be alive,\u201d Roker expressed. \u201cThank\u200d you and take care. Have \u2064a great Sunday!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Roker\u2063 returned to the morning show on January 6\u200b after being\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/halsey-hits-back-at-reports-saying-she-just-got-sick-since-giving-birth-says-shes-been-sick-for-years-but-was-called-crazy\/\" title=\"Halsey Hits Back At Reports Saying She \u2018Just\u2019 Got \u2018Sick\u2019 Since Giving Birth, Says She\u2019s Been Sick For Years But Was Called \u2018Crazy\u2019\">hospitalized multiple times<\/a> for blood clots.\u200c He described his \u2064journey as a &#8220;tough slog&#8221; and acknowledged the challenges he faced during his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The weatherman admitted that his four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fresh-out-of-walter-reed-cbs-asks-fetterman-about-presidential-aspirations\/\" title=\"Fresh Out of Walter Reed, CBS Asks Fetterman About Presidential Aspirations\">-week hospital stay<\/a> had taken a toll on his body, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-roker-says-hes-glad-to-be-alive-on-birthday-after-multiple-hospitalizations\/\" title=\"Al Roker grateful for life on birthday after hospital stays.\">causing muscle weakness<\/a>. He shared\u200c that he was undergoing physical therapy and occupational therapy to\u200c regain his strength.<\/p>\n<p>On Thanksgiving, Roker shared photos on Instagram celebrating \u2063his \u2062release \u2063from\u2063 the hospital after his health scare. However, he experienced a setback and was rushed back to\u200d the hospital via ambulance on November\u2062 25. The &#8220;Today&#8221; show confirmed\u200d his return to the hospital\u200c due to complications.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges, Roker remains grateful\u200d for each day and appreciates \u2064the support and well wishes he has\u200d received from his fans and colleagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime &#8220;Today&#8221; host Al Roker, 69, expressed gratitude for being alive as he celebrated his birthday after enduring hospitalizations that kept him away from the show for weeks. He stated that he is thankful and appreciative to mark another year of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2007465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-2007464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-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\/2007464","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=2007464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}