Overview
- Porter shared the new details on TS Madison’s Outlaws podcast on March 2, calling himself a “walking miracle.”
- Doctors found a kidney stone trapped in his urethra; when it was treated, infection behind the stone triggered rapid urosepsis.
- He was placed on an ECMO machine and was clinically unresponsive for several days, which he described as being “dead for three days.”
- Surgeons treated compartment syndrome by opening his leg from knee to hip for two days to preserve the limb.
- The episode forced his early withdrawal from the Broadway revival of Cabaret in September 2025, and he says he remains on the road to a full recovery.