Overview
- Hilton posted a lengthy video this week from his Las Vegas home describing a three-week hospitalization and IV treatment at home through a PICC line.
- He says a week of taking flu medication without food led to an ulcer that perforated and then to sepsis.
- At Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, doctors ran X-rays, CT scans and ultrasounds for days before performing laparoscopic surgery to find and wash out the leak.
- He recounts fluid drained from around his lungs, heart rhythm trouble treated with medication, and a separate infection that he says he picked up in the hospital.
- He also describes a direct religious experience, while reports note the details come from his own account and that he did not name the drug and common flu antivirals are not known to cause ulcers.