Joe Wicks has been admitted to hospital over his painful hand injury, with the Body Coach star set to undergo an operation.
The YouTuber, who’s been keeping fans fit and active with his daily PE classes, fractured his hand a few weeks ago after falling off a bike.
Updating viewers on his Instagram Stories, he explained: ‘Great news. Bones have healed.
‘Wires haven’t broke but the soft tissue is inflamed and possibly infected. They are operating today and removing the wires. They’ve given me some strong painkillers which have taken the edge off it’.
However, he later shared a clip of himself lying in a hospital bed, explaining: ‘They aren’t able to do the operation today, they have other patients in the queue, they’re a bit slower with certain things so I’m staying tonight. They’re going to give me some nice morphine, and some antibiotics on the drip-a-roo.
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‘And in the morning, hopefully first thing, I’ll be getting the wires out. I tell you what this infection is no joke, I’ve had codeine up to my eyeballs.
‘They gave me liquid morphine, it ain’t taking the edge off it. It’s throbbing,’ he added, before declaring himself: ‘Throbbington Crusoe.’
He added: ‘So glad I’m staying here tonight. I woke up all night last night as it was throbbing and pulsating like liquid hot magma. Thanks for all your well wishes. Gonna get a good night’s sleep I think.’
Nevertheless, the fitness star kept positive and thankful, adding before he went to sleep: ‘I’m just having a bit of a moment really, where I’m feeling super grateful for this healthcare system we’ve got, and these people that are coming in.
‘There’s people from all different nationalities, coming in here, taking care of me, nurturing me.’
‘Lots of love to anyone out there that’s NHS staff in any hospital, anywhere in the country,’ he continued.
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Joe has been raising money for the NHS with his workout videos, donating all the ad revenue to charity. So far, he’s raised more than £91,000 as thousands around the world tune into his videos every day.
‘Thank you so much for taking part and helping raise all this money for a cause which I feel we can all be proud of,’ he told fans. ‘The great news is we can grow this number even bigger each week by coming back and tuning in again.’
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