Snapshot · The Louis Theroux Podcast
George Lineker spent approximately 7 weeks in Great Ormond Street Hospital as an infant, with doctors warning on at least 2 occasions he might not survive the night.
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At 15:40 · chapter starts 13:20
Theroux gently surfaces the story of George Lineker's infant illness for listeners who may not know it. Lineker walks through it with painful clarity: the small lump on George's forehead at six weeks old, the initial reassurance from doctors, the worsening symptoms, and then the moment two doctors looked at each other and said 'this looks like leukemia.' Within two hours they were in the back of an ambulance to Great Ormond Street. George was in hospital for around seven weeks, with his mother Michelle rarely leaving. On at least two occasions doctors said they didn't think he'd make it through the night. Doctors gave the child a 10–20% chance of survival. Lineker describes recurring nightmares of carrying a small white coffin, while also noting that football — the one time he wasn't thinking about it — became an unexpected lifeline during training. George is now 34 and a fitness fanatic. [1] — Gary Lineker "When Gary Lineker's first son George was six weeks old, doctors rushed him to Great Ormond Street and gave him a 10–20% survival chance. Li…" 13:15
Doctors told Gary Lineker his infant son George had only a 10–20% chance of surviving acute myeloid leukemia.
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