More information has been revealed on actor Quinton Aaron’s recent hospitalization.
Aaron, who was hospitalized earlier this week after collapsing in his home, is reportedly fighting for his life according to his former manager, Martin Luther Wardlaw. He shared that Aaron is currently battling a blood infection.
“I can tell you that things are looking more positive today than they were yesterday,” Wardlaw said.
He added, “Some things are under control and other things are not, and we’re just praying and hoping for the best right now.”
Aaron’s wife, Margarita, described Quinton as a “fighter,” to TMZ, adding, “He’s showing a lot of improvement. We all have faith in God that he will walk out of here fully recovered.
She added, “He’s still on antibiotics, blanket antibiotics to just cover whatever the issue might be with regard to his blood.”
The veteran is “making significant progress” each day with “little moments where he’s moving his fingers or trying to open his eyes.”
Health Scare In 2021
Aaron’s recent hospitalization follows 2021 health scare which prompted a lifestyle overhaul, according to Fox News.
“I had this come-to-Jesus kind of moment a few years back,” he remembered. “I was at this waterfront in Mandeville, Louisiana. This is like during COVID, 2021ish. And I used to always go there and sit and just meditate, listen to the water and stuff.”
He added, “There’s one day I’m sitting there on the wall, and I’m just listening to the water vibe, and then I wake up underwater. So I literally passed out, fell off the wall, and it was like a 12-foot drop, but the water was only three feet deep. I didn’t know that at the time. Well, thank God it was three feet deep, because I can’t swim.”
He described waking up in pain and disoriented, unable to see, being pushed into rocks by the water—until he hears a voice telling him to stand up and tries to regain his footing.
“But while I’m underwater, I hear this voice say, ‘Stand up.’ And so I stand, like I start trying to get to my feet. The water is pushing me into the rocks, and I’m kinda like hitting my head up against something. I don’t know what it was, but I can’t see, because the water’s dirty brown.”
He managed to climb out of the water and was rushed to a local hospital, where doctors conducted a full-body examination on him and discovered that he had an infection in one of his big toes that had spread to his bone. He later learned that his fall may have been caused by diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication from extremely high blood sugar levels.
“I was in the hospital for a few weeks getting IV antibiotics,” Aaron said. “I almost lost my toe, but thankfully I didn’t. They just cut a piece of it off, and it had to heal.”
The 41-year-old actor starred as Michael Oher alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2009 Academy award winning film “The Blind Side.” The movie was inspired by the real-life story of a Tennessee family that took in and adopted Oher, who would later have a career in the National Football League (NFL).