The official Twitter account of WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler has given an update on his condition in addition to sharing some photos of him in the hospital.
On Wednesday, the account confirmed that Lawler suffered a stroke on Monday and is currently recovering in the hospital. While his speech is limited, he is expected to regain a full recovery after doing rehab.
“Update on Jerry: After suffering a massive Stroke Monday. He is now recovering in a Fort Myers, FL hospital. His speech is limited, but with rehabilitation will regain a full recovery. He thanks everyone for the continued prayers and will be back in the near future.”
The legendary wrestler reportedly suffered a stroke on Monday after having lunch with friends and was found outside his home in Fort Myers, Florida.
We wish him a speedy recovery.
Update on Jerry: After suffering a massive Stroke Monday. He is now recovering in a Fort Myers, FL hospital. His speech is limited, but with rehabilitation will regain a full recovery. He thanks everyone for the continued prayers and will be back in the near future. pic.twitter.com/2Ge4XuKVr4
— Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) February 8, 2023
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Dutch Mantell on his podcast, Story Time with Dutch Mantell, has provided the following update on Jerry “The King” Lawler’s condition after suffering a stroke yesterday, as well as clarifying what actually happened in the lead up to Lawler being taken to the hospital.
According to Dutch, who had just got done speaking with Jerry’s son Kevin, Lawler was not found face down in a parking lot but actually in a store and unsteady on his feet when a nurse – who just so happens to specialize in dealing with stroke patients – took care of him while waiting for an ambulance.
“Just before we started [recording] this podcast, I was talking to Kevin Lawer who just called me…. I asked him, I said, how’s your dad? And he gave me the lowdown. He says today he is better. He is improving… The paralysis in his arm and his leg. And of course it was numb and he couldn’t speak. But today the movement is coming back. He has more [movement] and he’s still having trouble speaking, but the doctor says that’s normal because that is one of the last things that comes back.
He was talking to his son, but [his son] said you could tell that [Jerry] was still frustrated because his brain is back working now. That’s what a stroke is. His brain is back working and he knows what he wants to say [but] he can’t quite get the words out, but the doctor says he is much, much improved from when they first brought him in again..
He’s the luckiest S.O.B. I’ve ever seen in my life. And tough! He, ha, he gotta be tough. He had a heart attack in 2012, live on RAW… He had a stroke in 2018 and he just happened to get to the hospital in time there. And this time what had happened, he was in Fort Myers, Florida and he was waiting for his girlfriend to get down there. I think her name is Lauren, but she wasn’t down there yet and he had a little moped scooter, I guess, and he got on it, went down to the store on the corner of some shop and he was gonna buy something.
When he walked in… [witnesses] said he was a little bit unsteady on his feet, a little bit wobbly. And the [store]owner’s daughter is… a nurse who works at a hospital that specializes in strokes, and she saw him and called 9 1 1 ambulance come to pick him up, and he wasn’t found in his driveway face down.”
Dutch further went on to discuss his close relationship with Lawler:
“And I’ve known him basically all my, all my professional life.. and so we’ve always had this little connection that we had the same birthday. And that bothered me a lot when he, when he went down because… we call each other cosmic brothers because of the birthday.”
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