Overview
- Hilton shared Tuesday that he is moving with a walker at home and says the pain is strong but manageable without medication.
- Doctors treated a deep vein thrombosis in his right leg with a thrombectomy on Friday to remove a fully blocked clot running from his groin to below his calf.
- Hours after surgery his doctor asked him to walk to reduce clotting risk, which he described as the most painful steps of his life.
- He was discharged Saturday and canceled his Easter Sunday plans because the pain from those first steps was severe.
- The scare followed a 21-day hospital stay for severe sepsis that he says began after the flu and a stomach ulcer perforation, and he has since issued a public apology and vowed personal change.