Neil Cavuto Details His Grueling Recovery From Open-Heart Surgery: ‘This Was a Bitch’ (Exclusive)
Neil Cavuto Details His Grueling Recovery From Open-Heart Surgery: ‘This Was a Bitch’ (Exclusive)
Neil Cavuto hosts three shows between Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and is also the senior vice president and managing editor of business news for both.
Initially the veteran broadcaster had chest pains, fatigue and trouble breathing, but assumed it was his multiple sclerosis advancing.
[...] doctors wanted to perform the bypass the very same day, delaying the procedure only when it became apparent how sick Cavuto actually was.
Cavuto was diagnosed with the “widow maker,” which is a scary way of describing complete closure of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery.
Having beaten cancer and endured multiple sclerosis, he’s no stranger to health issues, but recovery from open-heart surgery was a months-long ordeal he wasn’t prepared for.
Cavuto calls having cancer, M.S. and open-heart surgery the “hat trick,” and said doctors don’t believe the illnesses are related.
Fox News' Neil Cavuto Returns to Air After Open Heart Surgery (Video)
The medical “hat trick” would be enough to prompt a pity party for most people, and Cavuto was no exception.
“I started being angry, I started out being a whiny, self-absorbed idiot,” Cavuto said before joking that his wife got the short end of the stick when it comes to the health and sickness portion of their marriage vows.
The network’s now-former chairman and CEO Roger Ailes resigned in disgrace after ex-host Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment and several other women came forward with similar allegations.
When Cavuto returned to air last Tuesday, he had two new bosses; longtime Fox executives Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine were named co-presidents of the network.
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