In the early morning hours of Wednesday (Sept. 18,) Al Roker should have been on the set of the Today show. But instead, he found himself in a hospital bed, waiting to go into surgery.
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“Well, here we go!! Waiting to get my total hip replacement,” Roker said on his Instagram page alongside a video of him at the hospital. “I’m ready!!”
View this post on InstagramWell, here we go!! Waiting to get my #totalhipreplacement I’m ready!!
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By his side was his wife and fellow broadcaster Deborah Roberts.
“Hellloooooo nurse,” he joked alongside a pic of his wife sitting alongside his hospital bed. “Thanks Deborah Roberts for taking care of me.”
View this post on InstagramHellloooooo nurse!!! Thanks, @debrobertsabc for taking care of me
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Just one day earlier, Roker shared the news of his hip replacement with viewers of the morning news show.
“All of a sudden, I started feeling this twinge in my hip — and then my back was acting up,” Roker said on Tuesday (Sept. 17) about the surgical procedure which is known as a hip resurfacing. “It seems like my hip went fairly quickly. In the last three months, my left hip has been deteriorating. Going in [Wednesday] and with any luck, I’ll be back in a week and a half or so.”
Roker also mentioned that his sister is also having to go through the procedure herself.
“My sister Lisa is having both of hers done so we’ve got a family plan going,” the weatherman chuckled.
The weatherman updated fans on Instagram with a post surgery video, letting everyone know the surgery was a success.
“And we’re back. So far, my #totalhipreplacement is a success. No pain yet. The folks from #physicaltherapy stopped by. Still in a recovery room,” he wrote.
Get well soon, Al.