WWE News: Hardcore Holly in fight for his life due to serious staph infection
Submitted by Matthew Tremley on Monday, April 24, 2006 at 11:31 PM EST







• As many of you are wondering, Hardcore Holly hasn't been seen on WWE TV since November of last year. The reason for this is because Holly is battling a very serious staph infection that is very life-threatening. Holly is currently at home trying to battle and recover from this serious illness and WWE.com sat down with the former Hardcore & Tag Team Champion to find out more. Here is a sample of the interview:
  
  Harcore Holly fighting for his life
  By Ed Williams III
  April 24, 2006
  
  Hardcore Holly is one of the toughest competitors to ever step inside the squared circle. He has come out on top of countless battles over the years, but he’s currently facing the toughest battle of his life. Holly has been out of action since November and is currently at home suffering a serious staph infection. Doctors have told Holly that he’s lucky to not only still have his arm, but also to be alive. While Holly is currently taking extremely strong antibiotics to treat the infection, he’s not out of the woods from this life-threatening scare just yet. WWE.com caught up with Holly to talk about his current condition, how it all started, what’s keeping his spirits up and much more.
  
  WWE.com: There are a lot of stories circulating on the Internet about your condition. To set the record straight, what is your current condition?
  
  Hardcore Holly: Right now, instead of being in the hospital, I’m sitting at home, hooked up to IV antibiotics. Because the staph infection got so bad, I was hospitalized twice because the antibiotics weren’t strong enough. When it came back the second time I had to go in for emergency surgery. The infection was growing on my bone. If they didn’t get the infection then I could have lost my arm, and I’m still not in the clear from that. Instead of having to stay in the hospital for the next several weeks, I’m at home getting antibiotics twice a day. And that stuff is strong as sh*t, boy; it makes me feel like crap.
  
  WWE.com: How did this condition come about?
  
  Hardcore Holly: Basically what happened was, the first time I got the infection, I took antibiotics to get rid of it, and it went away. Then it came back, and I just never had it taken care of properly. I started getting the infection again the same week Eddie died in Minneapolis. I was getting conflicting stories form the doctors. One doctor told me to go home. Another doctor wanted to send me to the hospital, but instead they sent me overseas to wrestle. And I have no problem with that. That’s my job. But I didn’t realize the situation was as bad as it was, and I got really sick while I was overseas. When I came home, I had surgery on my elbow, and that’s when I found out the infection was in my elbow, growing on the bone. And that’s why I’m having these problems now. I thank Dr. Rios, because the night we landed overseas, he got all the junk cleaned out of the infection to where I could work and stand the pain a little bit. Then when I got back home, I said enough was enough and I had to get this taken care of.
  
  To read the full article, CLICK HERE
  
  We here at LOP wish Hardcore Holly a very speedy recovery and hope to see him back in a WWE ring in the near future.
  
  Credit: WWE.com
  

  
  

  
  
  

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