Popular TV presenter Martin Roberts was rushed to hospital last month after his heart stopped working. The 58-year-old has now revealed that he saw black "death juice" coming out of his chest as reported by WalesOnline.
Talking on the ITV morning show This Morning Martin said he was determined to return to Homes Under the hammer and explained his condition which resulted in his hospital trip. He explained: “There’s a sack around your heart and it was filling with fluid, it’s called a pericardial effusion, and that in turn is something called a tapenade, which basically means this sack is squeezing the heart it sits around, so the heart isn’t able to expand, and therefore isn’t able to pump, so it means all of your organs start failing."
Martin also explained how "minutes made a difference" in saving his life. He said: "By the time they got to me, my kidneys were at 30%, my liver was at 30%, my lungs weren’t getting the oxygen and at any point, I could have had a heart attack. The heart would have been strangled by itself.”
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He told Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes that he witnessed black "death-juice" coming out of his chest and felt immediately better once it had been removed. The presenter is hoping to get back to work next month and has also issued updates throughout his recovery on his social media.
He recently Tweeted: "So…gradually trying to get back to normality. Big week of tests to try to establish the cause of the crisis and sort out my lungs. Meanwhile I’m trying to be positive but it’s hard not to sometimes reflect on the “What if’s..”
He appeared on the show with his wife Kirsty, who spoke about her husband’s "frustration" in recovery. She said that Martin's health scare had been like a "reset" for Martin, she said: “During times like this, you start to realise what’s important in life.”
During his appearance on the morning show Martin urged his fans to go to a doctor if they have any health concerns.
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