FOX 2’s Jay Towers recovering after collapse, head injury in Vegas

Fox 2 Detroit Anchor and 100.3 WNIC radio presenter Jay Towers says he’s recovering after collapsing throughout a visit to Las Vegas through the weekend and has a head harm required.

“The journey in Vegas didn’t go as deliberate,” stated Towers, who was in Nevada for the IHeartradio Music Pageant. He described the incident on Monday 22 September on his radio program ‘Jay Towers within the Morning’.

“At 10 (pm) I get up from a wholesome sleep and I do not really feel nicely,” he stated. “I felt that my coronary heart was actually proper, in a short time and my head felt actually blurry. … I began to panic as a result of it was a manner I’ve by no means felt earlier than – With the quick beating coronary heart, actually mild within the head – And immediately my shirt and the whole lot utterly drenched. Like, soaked. “

Towers stated he tried to name the reception from his lodge room, however misplaced consciousness.

“The next I do know is – Now I crawl on the ground and take a look at my hand and I’ve blood over my hand, “he stated.” So I fainted. “

He suffered a deep lower above his eyebrow and was taken to the hospital by paramedics, who informed him that his blood strain was dangerously low.

“If you find yourself bleeding and waking up, fainting on the ground and see blood all over the place and you do not know what occurred, it is actually scary,” stated the media persona.

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Towers stated he was dehydrated and had little sleep, meals or water within the days previous to the incident. He emphasised that he didn’t use medicine and had not consumed alcohol that day. He additionally stated {that a} coronary heart challenge appeared at his EKG, though he plans to maintain particulars behind till he met his heart specialist this week.

“I’ve by no means fainted in my life. By no means known as 911. By no means had Heien. I’ve by no means even been within the er or ambulance,” Towers informed the Detroit Free Press. “In order that the whole lot would occur after I went to sleep was fairly alarming.”

Towers stated he was disillusioned to overlook the competition and a deliberate photograph shoot with Mariah Carey, however grateful for the assistance of his previous pal, Jim Bowers, who lives in Nevada and met him within the hospital. Bowers is the co-host of their “Caped Wonder” Superman Podcast.

After a primary delay and cancellation, Towers returned to Metro Detroit on Saturday 20 September.

“Actually grateful to be so as, and so I missed our IHeartradio Music Pageant,” he stated. “That may be a Vegas journey that I cannot overlook.”

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