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“You Might Not Make It”: Christian Petracca’s Harrowing Account Of His Emergency Surgery

Christian Petracca has opened up on his traumatic emergency surgery two months ago, including a harrowing 3am phone call between the surgeon and his partner Bella.

Petracca suffered four broken ribs, a grade five lacerated spleen and a small puncture to his lung following a hit on King’s Birthday in June.

He joined The Howie Games with Cody Weightman and Izak Rankine and opened up on the experience, including surgery without anaesthetic the night after the incident, the scary emergency phone call made to his partner and the mental struggles since.

“It’s been really, really tough. Probably the most traumatic thing I’ve experienced in my life,” he told Mark Howard.

“The self-doubt, the trauma and the stress of everything…you relive it so much. I think about it every day.”

PETRACCA OPENS UP:

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