- Fenech, 59, was hospitalized on Tuesday in Sydney
- Doctors fear infection may be spreading from his heart
- Champ underwent life-saving heart surgery in 2019
Former Australian world boxing champion Jeff Fenech has been hospitalized with a mystery infection which he fears could force him to need a second round of heart surgery.
The country’s greatest wrestler of all time underwent urgent tests on his heart at a private hospital in Sydney’s inner west after his body temperature reached nearly 40 degrees.
‘I feel like shit. I’m sick as a dog. “I have a mysterious infection,” the 59-year-old said. news corporation.
Fenech (pictured with daughter Kayla, left, and wife Suzee, right) is desperate to avoid another round of open heart surgery while doctors carry out tests to find the source of his infection.
The 59-year-old (pictured with his wife Suzee) said he is “sick as a dog” due to a “mystery infection”.
‘They think it has something to do with my heart and my valves. They’ve done tons of tests. I still don’t know what the results are.’
The former world champion in three weight classes revealed that he was hospitalized for the first time on Tuesday after suffering a high temperature of up to 39.8 degrees for 12 days.
His wrist is also very swollen and swollen, which he said doctors believe could be the result of an infection spreading through his body from his heart valves.
Fenech is desperate to avoid another surgical procedure after undergoing life-saving open heart surgery in Thailand in 2019.
He needed that procedure while battling pneumonia, and the operation forced him to miss his daughter Jess’s wedding.
The ‘Marrickville Mauler’ began coughing blood and had a bout of tremors before being admitted to Bangkok hospital, where doctors performed a five-hour operation to drain fluid from the boxing legend’s lungs and replace his heart valve.
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