As we noted yesterday, Sports Illustrated‘s Justin Barrasso is reporting Ric Flair’s recent surgery involved removing part of his bowel, a procedure that was originally thought to be an intestinal blockage.
During yesterday’s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer added the following regarding Flair’s current condition following surgery:
“[Flair] had an external pacemaker put in to help his heart, and the last I heard is that his heart is beating normally, so that is a positive. And he’s on the kidney dialysis. It’s definitely better than it was Monday – Tuesday, when things looked really bad, but it’s still a rough go and it’s going to be a rough go for awhile. He’s still got an infection…I don’t know what the infection is, I know they did not know before, but they may know now, but I think there’s been a problem as fas as giving him antibiotics, because of his weakened condition. So it’s a bad situation.”
Ric Flair’s surgery reportedly led to other complications, and he could end up staying in the hospital for more than a month. Meltzer clarified during yesterday’s WOR that at no time during Flair’s current hospitalization did The Nature Boy suffer a heart attack. The initial pain Flair was feeling was due to the obstruction in his bowel, which prompted Flair to go to the hospital on Friday night, and he underwent surgery to have the obstruction removed.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
