The alarming hospitalization of Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker on Tuesday was prompted by “life threatening” pancreatitis, he stated Saturday.
Barker, who married Kourtney Kardashian in May, stated in a publish to social media that he’d had an endoscopy Monday, which included the elimination of a polyp “in a very sensitive area, usually handled by specialists.”
Barker, 46, stated the elimination broken a pancreatic drainage tube.
“This resulted in severe life threatening pancreatitis,” he stated. Pancreatitis is the severe inflammation in his pancreas, a gland that contributes to digestion.
Barker sought medical consideration Tuesday after growing “excruciating pain” following dinner the evening of the process, and has been hospitalized since, based on the publish.
“I am so very very grateful that with intensive treatment I am currently much better,” he stated within the publish.
The day he was hospitalized, Barker tweeted, “God save me.” He didn’t elaborate on whether or not the tweet was in reference to his well being. The time period can also be the title of a Machine Gun Kelly music, launched in March, that features a producer credit score for Barker.
On Thursday, Barker’s ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, stated in an announcement, “He is in great hands and surrounded by loving support and the best medical teams available and his beautiful wife Kourtney.”
“Travis has a beat the odds numerous times and I know with his support system he will do it again,” she stated.
The drummer survived a 2008 South Carolina aircraft crash that killed 4 individuals. Fellow survivor DJ AM was discovered useless the following yr in a New York City residence.
Cristian Santana, Diana Dasrath and Kurt Chirbas contributed.