Damien Martyn says he’s ‘on the mend’ a month after the Australian cricket nice was admitted to a Gold Coast hospital combating for his life.
The previous Take a look at batsman, 54, fell ailing on Boxing Day and was rushed to hospital. He was later recognized with meningitis and was put into an induced coma.
The life-threatening sickness causes an an infection and swelling of the protecting membranes that encompass the mind.
Martyn revealed that he was given a 50 per cent probability to stay, however responded ‘exceptionally properly’ to therapy.
He would wake eight days later and was initially unable to stroll or speak. However Martyn left medical doctors surprised after he started to talk simply 4 days later.
He has since delivered a massively constructive replace on his well being, publishing {a photograph} of himself strolling on the seashore, whereas revealing that he had additionally been for a swim.
Damien Martyn says he’s ‘on the mend’ a month after the Australian cricket nice was admitted to a Gold Coast hospital combating for his life
The previous Take a look at batsman, 54, fell ailing on Boxing Day and was rushed to hospital. He was later recognized with meningitis and was put into an induced coma
‘I can’t consider it’s been a month from yesterday that I used to be rushed to hospital,’ Martyn wrote on X.
‘It’s actually been an eventful January, however the love and assist nonetheless pouring in has been overwhelming.
‘To the individuals who have shared their tales of getting this illness and the way they coped throughout and after has helped me immensely so, I thanks.
‘I’m on the mend and looking out ahead to getting again to my regular self.
‘To be sincere, it makes you admire so many issues. I’m so blissful to simply get again on the seashore, have a stroll and swim.’
Martyn is famend for being some of the sleek batters to have ever donned a Dishevelled Inexperienced cap.
He performed 67 Take a look at matches for Australia throughout his glittering profession, scoring a complete of 4,406 runs for Australia at a mean of 46.37.
The highest-order batter would play a key position in serving to Australia win the Ashes throughout their tour of England in 2001, notably scoring a century at Headingley. He would additionally assist the Aussies seal a 4-1 victory Down Below through the subsequent 2002-03 collection.
Martyn is famend for being some of the sleek batters to have ever donned a Dishevelled Inexperienced cap
Martyn revealed that he was given a 50 per cent probability to stay, however responded ‘exceptionally properly’ to therapy
His profession excessive Take a look at rating of 165 got here in 2005 throughout a tour of New Zealand. It could be one in every of 13 Take a look at centuries he’d amass throughout his profession, earlier than he retired through the 2006-07 Ashes collection.
Talking earlier this month on social media, Martyn revealed that his ‘life was taken out of my palms when meningitis took over my mind.’
‘This expertise has jogged my memory of how fragile life is, how shortly all the things can change & how valuable time is!’ he mentioned.
‘Deliver on 2026… I am again!’
Martyn additionally paid a heartfelt due to all those that had supported him.
‘There are such a lot of fantastic individuals on this world… from paramedics (at Mermaid Waters Ambulance), medical doctors & nurses (at Gold Coast College Hospital)… to household, associates and folks I did not even know.
‘I really feel like I met all these incredible individuals prior to now three weeks, or they reached out to me by messages of affection and assist.’
