Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier isn’t out of the woods yet, but he’s on the road to recovery after a staph infection that landed him in the hospital.
Poirier on Thursday underwent surgery to treat complications from the infection, which sent him to the emergency room on Sunday and resulted in a diagnosis of cellulitis. He was released on Thursday and is now healing, his wife Jolie Poirier wrote on Instagram.
“Surgery went well and just like they expected,” she wrote. “Now on to recovery.”
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection that causes redness, swelling, and pain in the infected area of the skin. If left untreated, it can cause serious medical problems. Jolie Poirer, Jolie’s wife, shared her battle with the infection. He was admitted to hospital on Thursday following his release from surgery on Wednesday. An MRI revealed that he had an abscess which needed to be drained.
“For those asking about Dustins foot … he has a bad staph infection that started Saturday, didn’t respond to oral antibiotics & he was unable to walk,” Jolie Poirier wrote on her Instagram. “Sunday we went into the ER and they admitted him for cellulitis. They released him early Wednesday morning but after a 2nd MRI it showed there was an abscess that needs to be drained. So now he’s back in the hospital for surgery. Once he is out, I will post an update. Thank you everyone for the kind words and support.”
While in hospital,
Poirier kept his wits about him and posted some gruesome photos of the injury. He updated his supporters on Thursday, after his surgery.
” Let’s bounce back! Nobody’s safe,” he wrote. “Everyone talking shit and kicking when im down, thats coward movements. I’d like all the smoke .”
Poirier is less than one month removed from a triumphant win over Michael Chandler at UFC 281. It was his first win since a second failed bid for the UFC lightweight title, a UFC 269 meeting with then-champ Charles Oliveira that ended in a third-round submission.
Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/12/8/23500943/dustin-poirier-undergoes-surgery-back-out-of-hospital-after-battle-with-cellulitis?rand=96749
