{"id":1770,"date":"2022-12-14T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2022-12-14T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:54:28","slug":"al-roker-is-back-home-after-recent-hospital-stint-for-blood-clot-complications-so-incredibly-grateful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2022\/12\/al-roker-is-back-home-after-recent-hospital-stint-for-blood-clot-complications-so-incredibly-grateful.html","title":{"rendered":"Al Roker is Back Home After Recent Hospital Stint For Blood Clot Complications: “So Incredibly Grateful”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Longtime NBC weatherman Al Roker was recently readmitted to the hospital following new complications with blood clots. Roker, who can be seen on NBC’s Today television program, recently told his social media followers that he had been admitted to the hospital after blood clots were found in his legs and lungs.<\/p>\n

“So many of you have been thoughtfully asking where I’ve been. Last week I was admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in my leg which sent some clots into my lungs,”\u00a0he wrote on Nov. 18<\/a>. “After some medical whack-a-mole, I am so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers, and hope to see you soon. Have a great weekend, everyone.”<\/p>\n

On Thanksgiving Day, Roker’s wife, Deborah Roberts, shared that her husband was released from the hospital and able to celebrate the holiday with her at home.<\/p>\n

“Thursday thankfulness and then some. Holding on tight and cherishing this moment like never before. Welcome home, my dear sweetheart, @alroker. Gratitude isn’t an adequate description, but we will start there. Brilliant medical minds. Loving family and friends. Unceasing Prayer warriors. #thanksgiving,”\u00a0she wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hours later, however, the television personality was readmitted to the hospital. “Al was taken from his home on a stretcher back to the hospital on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. His condition was worrying, but once back in the hospital, he improved,” one witness told\u00a0Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Roker is now home after his blood clot complications. “Home! So incredibly grateful to family, friends, medical folks, @todayshow family and all your thoughts and prayers,” he wrote on\u00a0Instagram\u00a0<\/a>last Thursday. Roker’s wife, Deborah Roberts, also confirmed her husband’s return on Instagram. “Home. Where the heart lives. #grateful #heart #humbled #prayer,” she\u00a0wrote<\/a>, adding a picture of her, Roker, and their daughter.<\/p>\n