Veteran actor Eugene Levy had to cut short his celebrations after receiving the prestigious Order of Canada honour last summer because he suddenly felt the pain of a kidney stone.
The American Pie star was presented with his native country's top award in June in recognition of his career achievements but Levy had to make an abrupt exit from a black tie dinner with Canada's Governor General David Lloyd Johnston soon after accepting the accolade so he could check himself into hospital.
He explains, "I'm at the table chatting with the Governor General's wife... and I'm in an animated conversation - I'm feeling quite good about myself - and just as the waiters come around and start serving up the entree, I feel my kidney start serving up a stone! I would rather pass a 15-pound baby than pass one of these stones. I knew the feeling, what it was, I've had quite a lot of them!
"When I feel a symptom coming on, I get straight in the car and... drive over (to the hospital)... then I go in and get hooked up to the IV (intravenous drip). You wait there for five or six hours because that's how long it takes for the stone to go from the kidney to the bladder... As long as you're hooked up, you're in fine shape..."...
The American Pie star was presented with his native country's top award in June in recognition of his career achievements but Levy had to make an abrupt exit from a black tie dinner with Canada's Governor General David Lloyd Johnston soon after accepting the accolade so he could check himself into hospital.
He explains, "I'm at the table chatting with the Governor General's wife... and I'm in an animated conversation - I'm feeling quite good about myself - and just as the waiters come around and start serving up the entree, I feel my kidney start serving up a stone! I would rather pass a 15-pound baby than pass one of these stones. I knew the feeling, what it was, I've had quite a lot of them!
"When I feel a symptom coming on, I get straight in the car and... drive over (to the hospital)... then I go in and get hooked up to the IV (intravenous drip). You wait there for five or six hours because that's how long it takes for the stone to go from the kidney to the bladder... As long as you're hooked up, you're in fine shape..."...
- 4/5/2012
- WENN
Australian TV chef Matt Golinski is in a critical condition in hospital after trying to save his family from a house fire which killed his wife and three daughters.
Golinski's partner Rachel, and their three girls Starlia, 13, and 12-year-old twins Sage and Willow, perished in the Boxing Day blaze at the family's home in Queensland.
The 39-year-old TV chef, who appears on popular series Ready Steady Cook, suffered burns to more than 40 per cent of his body and was taken to the local Nambour Hospital. He was later flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital for specialist treatment.
It is no yet known how the blaze started.
Fire inspector Lloyd Johnston tells Australia's ABC News, "It's a family crisis and it is Christmas and it's an absolute tragedy that this has occurred at this particular time of the year. It's a tragedy at any time of the year but around Christmas it really hits home."...
Golinski's partner Rachel, and their three girls Starlia, 13, and 12-year-old twins Sage and Willow, perished in the Boxing Day blaze at the family's home in Queensland.
The 39-year-old TV chef, who appears on popular series Ready Steady Cook, suffered burns to more than 40 per cent of his body and was taken to the local Nambour Hospital. He was later flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital for specialist treatment.
It is no yet known how the blaze started.
Fire inspector Lloyd Johnston tells Australia's ABC News, "It's a family crisis and it is Christmas and it's an absolute tragedy that this has occurred at this particular time of the year. It's a tragedy at any time of the year but around Christmas it really hits home."...
- 12/27/2011
- WENN
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