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After suffering a freak injury in Puerto Rico last month and almost dying due to his lung filling up with blood, Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner is back in the United States and is on the road to recovery. Many are unaware just how serious Steiner's injury was - at one point his doctors told him he had 5 hours to live.
Scott Steiner was interviewed this week on TNA's internet video show "TNA Today" and discussed the injury and his recovery.
- On June 3rd, he wrestled a match in Puerto Rico. After the match he was spitting up blood and later found out that his lung filling up with blood. Doctors told him he could be dead within 5 hours.
- He wanted to fly to the United States to get surgery but was told that a plane ride could collapse his lung and kill him. He had surgery in Puerto Rico to install a tube to drain the blood that was filling up his lung. After surgery doctors put Steiner into a coma for 2 days. He was on a respirator for several more days.
- He now has a huge scar that runs from his chest to his back. He lifted his shirt during the interview to show the scar, which Jeremy Borash estimated is about 18 inches long.
- Steiner spent 2 weeks in the Puerto Rican hospital, which he called "brutal". He said, "it was like the 1950s" and they had to wheel him ouside in the 100+ degree heat to get a CAT scan.
- Even after the surgery, he was told he could not take a plane back to the United States. He had to take a cruise ship back, which took a week.
- Steiner was in very good spirits during the interview. Being told he only had 5 hours to live and would never see his kids grow up changed his perspective on life.
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07-25-07, 08:49 PM
