Kathie Lee Gifford hospitalized with fractured pelvis after fall while recovering from hip replacement surgery
nypost.comKathie Lee Gifford is recovering after a nasty fall left her with a fractured pelvis.The 70-year-old former “Today” show host revealed she broke her pelvis in two places and was hospitalized for over a week after taking a tumble following hip replacement surgery.
Gifford explained the situation to People in an interview published on Tuesday, revealing she “weakened” her body after moving “300 books by myself” during book signings in Nashville. “It’s my own fault,” she shared.Gifford said she “tripped” the following day while answering her door.“It didn’t take much, because I was weak in that spot,” Gifford shared with the outlet. “And the next thing you know, I am back in the hospital with a fractured pelvis: the front and the back.
That’s more painful than anything I went through with the hip. The pelvis is unbelievably painful. but anyway, here I am.” The former “Live!
with Regis and Kathie Lee” star called the experience “humbling,” stating she decided to stay in the hospital for a full week because “I don’t trust myself.”“You think you know your body and the next thing you know, your body changes when you get older,” she said. “And as much as I don’t wanna think about it, I am.”Gifford found the bright side of the mishap.“It’s summer for everybody but me,” she joked. “But it’s OK.
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