“Who's The Boss”' Danny Pintauro Hospitalized After Scooter Accident Led to a Tear in His Stomach: 'Worst Moment of My Life'
The actor and film producer shared that he got into a scooter accident on Thanksgiving and underwent emergency surgery
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Danny Pintauro pictured on the red carpet and in hospitalDanny Pintauro shared that he underwent emergency surgery following an accident on a scooter.
On Sunday, Dec. 1, the Who's The Boss alum, 48, revealed the accident happened on the night of Thanksgiving when the bike lane he was riding on was "suddenly blocked with cones."
"I was forced to choose between a van and a pylon," he said as he sat in hospital. "The pylons hurt!! Have a terrible scrape on my arm and I was pretty convinced I had broken my arm. The next morning it was a whole lot better so I didn’t worry as much."
Pintauro revealed that on Saturday, Nov. 30, he began to have pains in his chest, stomach and shoulders, adding that the pain got so intense "I could barely breathe."
After his husband Wil Tabares drove him to the hospital, a CAT scan, X-ray and blood tests revealed that Pintauro had "an infection in my bloodstream due to a tear in my stomach lining — air and stomach acid, etc, were escaping into my abdomen."
"It’s been the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt in my whole life. So I had to have emergency surgery last night to repair the tear," he said.
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"The surgery went well and now that it’s fixed, the pain is pretty much gone away, although I’m still very sore," Pintauro told his followers. "They just took the intubation tube out, but I have to leave another tube in my stomach for three days to keep removing the acids so as to not upset the stitches and repair they did. Which also means that I won’t be eating or drinking anything for the next three days."
He added, "They always say this but it’s very true, if I had waited any longer, I could have died. My body was the one who told me something was absolutely wrong. My wonderful husband Will drove me here and has been by my side for the whole thing."
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Pintauro went on to gush about how "wonderful" the doctors and nurses have been at Memorial Care Miller Hospital, adding that people should "keep me in your prayers for the next few days that the repair sticks and that I can get out of here soon."
"Unfortunately, it means that and any of the Book Nooks I was working on will have to wait a few more days so I will change the shipping dates to reflect," he continued. "I hope that’s okay. This is my first major surgery I, first emergency surgery EVER but I kept it together."
Pintauro added, "It was absolutely terrifying. If anybody might wanna send me flowers, I wouldn’t be opposed. Lol just kidding.I’m stressed, hungry, in pain and exhausted. Light a candle for me, okay?Ohhh! They did an X-ray of my arm and it’s not broken! So there’s one bright side."
