Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand shared a selfie from a hospital bed last week with fans penning messages of support and he has now revealed why he was hospitalised in the first place
Rio Ferdinand thought he was going to DIE after being rushed to hospital with a nasty virus. The Manchester United icon shared a selfie from a hospital bed last week and has now revealed what was wrong with him.
Speaking on Rio Ferdinand Presents, he said: “I had a mad virus. I thought lights were out at some point, I thought it was gonna happen. I thought I was minutes away from lights out, seriously.
“I was in my house, I was in my bed like this [pained expression] and I couldn’t even open my eyes.
“Then, the headache I had… I don’t get migraines or nothing else so I don’t know what they’re like. I thought my head was in a vice and my eyes were going to pop out.
“Then, I was being sick, projectile vomiting in the toilet, I got back to bed and I was having vertigo. I was holding onto the sheets, I didn’t know where I was. It was crazy.”
He added: “I had to go to hospital and the doctor even said to me, “Do you want an ambulance”? So that’s when I knew.
“He went, ‘We’re going to get your brain scanned’. I thought it was a virus or a flu or something so when he mentioned brain scan and the ambulance, the panic was nuts.
“I went to hospital and I was in there for a few days. I couldn’t even enjoy the hospital food. The soup and the ice cream normally does wonders.”
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