Brooke Shields gives a rare comment on his recovery after a salty accident
"I do not think I've never been more afraid," Shields said his time in the hospital.
Actor and model Brooke ShieldsKnown a horrible leg injury while working earlier this year. The incident led to a broken femur, a Staphine infection, several surgeries, weeks at the hospital and a long road at the recovery. The star shared videos of his career on social media to help inspire others through their own struggle, but she now gave her first interview on the event. Shields were frank about fear and perseverance that played on his trip to healing and the gray accident that started. Read it to see what the shields had to say in the last months of his life.
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The shields broke his femur in January, then suffered multiple complications.
Shield accident ' Arrived at the end of January, after finishing at the end of a 14-day training plan that was going well. "I was angry. I was not exhausted. I ate even better healthy and do not drink," she recalled in a conversation from May to May 24 with the corresponding ABC NewsDeborah Roberts. "We finished training and I went into the back alone, and I went to this assessment because I did it, and I finally conquered it." The moment Shields left the eyes of the task in his hand to turn around, things took a turn. "I got up in the air with such strength and landed so heavy and so strong and with such a musculature and such a speed and such height", continued the shields. "I felt how strong the impact was. I do not remember hearing nothing. The only thing I could continue to say is that I could feel my toes because I just knew that I could not move, but I wanted to make sure I was not paralyzed. "
Shields said she was starting to shout like she had never had before. "I never shouted like that. I mean, not even childbirth," she says. In the hospital, the star had a rod inserted to fix its femur, as well as other metal materials to help stabilize its hip. The fracture quickly changed, causing shields to shout the pain again and to undergo another operation where the doctors added a metal plate and a handle of screws to anchor. And it was not the end of the bad news for the shields: shortly after his return home to start recovery, the shields developed a Staphy infection in his arm where IV was. It was rapidly returned to the emergency room for surgery to remedy infection, which landed it at the hospital for two additional weeks.
March 5, Shields documented the beginning of herRecovery trip on Instagram: "One step at a time ... starts now!"
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The star works "very difficult" to recover.
In his ABC interview, Shields was real on the struggles she faced the recovery. "I have to work very strong," she said. The actor undergoes a mixture of therapies to help him go back on his feet, including physical therapy, infrared sauna sessions, massage therapy and osteopathic treatment. Shields reported that she works to strengthen her leg every day, sometimes taking breaks on weekends. His state after the wound was so brutal that his "children really asked me if they thought I was going to die," she's called. Shields was afraid of never walking again.
Although the recovery was perfidious, she stated that the accident could have been a disguised blessing. "I think it's almost the biggest blessing to see because I realized which fighter I am", reflected shields. She added that things could have been worse, noting that she was inch away from also hitting her head. There are "so many things that could have happened," she continued. "I feel so lucky to be alive."
On March 25, Shields shared an Instagram saying that she hadtraveled Already, "but the trip is just beginning."
Shields had to be alone at the hospital during his recovery.
For the most part, the shields have tried to stay calm and positive, but she said there were moments when she had trouble. "Once afraid, it's when I started weakening," she said. The most difficult part for shields was that she was without her family. Due to the restrictions of Covid, the family and friends were unable to visit, so she had to go alone. "I do not think I have ever more been afraid because I was helpless," she said.
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The model and the actor hopes that his story is inspiring.
Shields tried to transform his struggle into something inspiring for others. "If I can turn it into something positive or that I can teach my daughters, yeah, things will happen in your life and how you react will define you, and adversity will reveal you. It will not make you As much as it reveals you, "Shields said." Because you see who you are. You see what you are composed of. "
The actor and the model added that his message is especially for women. "I want them to know that they deserve to feel good about themselves and being healthier and happier and bigger, live a bigger life," she added.
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