Patrick Swayze Hospitalized
Actor Patrick Swayze, currently in the middle of promoting his new television show on A&E, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia:
Patrick Swayze has developed pneumonia and has checked himself into a hospital for observation.The news was revealed Friday at a press event for the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles.
"As we arrived here this morning we have some news," A&E President Abbe Raven told People. "Patrick Swayze has checked himself into the hospital. However, he asked us specifically to go forward with today's panel. We wish him the very best with his recovery."
The actor, who is battling pancreatic cancer, was going to appear at the TCA to talk about his new show, "The Beast," scheduled to air Jan. 15.
But don't count him out yet.
"Patrick is undergoing treatment and he's still fighting," a source tells People. "He felt so bad that he couldn't be at the TCAs. He's fighting and doing well, and that's all anybody can hope for at this stage. He is not at death's door. Nobody ever knows with cancer, but he's doing alright."
I fought pneumonia back in the spring and it's difficult enough when you start out healthy, I can't imagine the battle when you're also battling cancer and dealing with chemotherapy.
The actor recently sat down with Barbara Walters and gave a revealing interview in which he disclosed that yes, in fact he is scared:
"I've never been one to run from a challenge," Swayze told Barbara Walters in his first interview since his cancer diagnosis last January.Still, when asked if he was scared, Swayze told Walters, "I don't know. I will be so either truthful or stupid as to say no. But then I immediately, when I say that, I have to say yes, I am."
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