NBA icon Chris Bosh has lifted the lid on a horrifying medical emergency which left him ‘covered in blood’ and completely altered his outlook on life.
The two-time NBA champion shared the news with his followers on Wednesday, revealing that he had recently been preparing for a date night with his wife when he suddenly blacked out, before later waking up in a pool of his own blood.
Taking to X, the former Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat star revealed: ‘There was no warning. I didn’t have any time to prepare for it. I was getting ready to go on a date with my wife, and the next thing you know, I was on the ground.
‘I woke up covered in my own blood. It was crazy. It was fast. It was instant,’ he said.
‘I won’t get into specifics, but you can kind of see I’m still recovering. I’m not gonna try to hide that one in case I look different, but it was a scary thing, and it came fast’.
Bosh, who was drafted into the league as the fourth overall pick in 2003, admitted that the harrowing ordeal offered him a fresh perspective on life.
NBA Hall of Famer Chris Bosh opened up on a harrowing medical emergency he suffered
The two-time NBA champion has struggled with health issues since retiring back in 2019
‘It made me really have a different outlook on life and how things go, what we do for ourselves, what we do for our family.’
‘How we live our lives, and no matter what it is, make sure you don’t wait,’ Bosh explained. ‘That’s the thing that I get from this. I’m lucky to be alive and I feel great about that. Now I’m thinking about how I live my day-to-day life. That’s really it.
‘Don’t wait to take action. You might be wanting to get a promotion. You might want to try out for the team. You might want to go on that vacation. It might be so many different things that people want to do, that we want to do, that we never do,’ he said.
Bosh’s NBA career came to an end back in 2019 after he announced his retirement following a long-running battle with health issues.
Medical officials confirmed, back in June 2015, that Bosh had developed blood clots in one of his lungs, which brought an end to his 2014-2015 season.
He eventually made his return on the opening night of the 2015-16 season before playing the first 53 games and then picking up a calf injury.
It was during the 2016 NBA All-Star break when doctors discovered that Bosh had developed another blood clot, this time in his leg.
Bosh pictured alongside former Miami Heat teammates Dwayne Wade and LeBron James
Bosh poses before the championship game of the Emirates NBA Cup back in December
He could not pass a physical as he attempted to return for the 2016-17 season and, shortly after that, announced his pursuit of playing was over in 2019.
Bosh ended his monologue on X by saying: ‘After coming back from the darkness, there was no euphoric clarity. No life montage flashing before my eyes.
‘No voice in my ear telling me it’ll be ok and what to do next. Just the gratitude for still being alive, and a newfound, sobering awareness of how everything actually is.
‘What did change was an immediate outlook on life that was simpler and more honest.’
