Drummer Mikkey Dee has opened up a few current battle with sepsis, revealing that he practically died from the situation, which happens when the immune system improperly responds to an an infection.
The longtime Motörhead drummer and present Scorpions stickman is now house and persevering with to get well after being admitted to the hospital about three weeks in the past and present process a number of surgical procedures. He took to Facebook to replace followers on his situation:
“Only a fast assertion about what has been taking place to me these previous three weeks:
First I prefer to thank everybody for these heartwarming Christmas and New Years greetings, that I’ve not been ready to answer. I all the time strive to try this yearly.
This vacation season, I’ve been hospitalized with a really critical blood an infection (Sepsis). I used to be admitted for 3 weeks however now I’m house preventing this bastard micro organism. Fortunately, I’ve obtained incredible care on the Sahlgrenska College Hospital in Gothenburg, my hometown. So thanks 1,000,000 to all of the Docs and Nurses which have been giving me probably the most glorious care.
After a number of operations, I’m now again house and the numbers are all stepping into the precise route. Nonetheless numerous restoration and rehab in entrance of me. Now I’m working a 100% to be again on the drum stool for the Residency that begins off in Las Vegas on February 27.
Now we have an amazing 2025 to look ahead to, celebrating 60 years of Scorpions and lots of thrilling gigs world wide.
So, the Stinger is out and I can’t wait to see you all on the market on the highway and rock the hell out of you! I want all people a incredible 2025 with good well being and many Rock n’ Roll!”
Mikkey initially developed sepsis after spraining his foot in December. Because the drummer informed Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, he was scheduled to play Christmas exhibits in Gothenburg, so he took ache meds in an effort to get by the yr’s ultimate commitments earlier than his situation worsened the weekend earlier than Christmas. He was then hospitalized and underwent emergency surgical procedure.
“The ankle swelled up like hell, then it took on a bizarre form and look and appeared like an overcooked ham,” he recalled. “I turned very ailing so I needed to go by ambulance to Sahlgrenska and there they discovered that I had sky-high values, so I turned precedence one there,” Mikkey stated [as translated from Swedish via Blabbermouth]. “It was surgical procedure instantly, the primary of three. They reduce away what was useless and contaminated and badly infested. It was not a very good journey I used to be on… One other day and I’d be enjoying drums with Lemmy in heaven. I can say that.”
We’re wishing Mikkey a speedy restoration, as he’s obtained simply over two months to heal up earlier than Scorpions’ sixtieth anniversary Las Vegas residency in February/March. Get tickets here.
See Mikkey Dee’s social media publish beneath.