Machine Gun Kelly’s Surgery: Infection Eating Arm To The Bone, MGK Rapper Richard Baker In Hospital
Machine Gun Kelly’s surgery just barely managed to save the rapper’s arm from being eaten to the bone by an infection. Richard Colson Baker, who is better known by his stage names MGK and Machine Gun Kelly, reported the incident from his Twitter account over the weekend. While Machine Gun Kelly has not told the world exactly what happened to cause the health scare, the good news is that he was hospitalized just in the nick of time.
So far, all fans know about the incident has come from Twitter and Instagram. Late on Sunday, Machine Gun Kelly’s Twitter account surprised fans with this message.
“Well, this was unexpected,” he said. “Surgery time.”
The rapper left his fans hanging in the wind for details until after the operation was complete. In the middle of the night, he asked if anyone was up and gave more details about what happened.
“Surgery went well. Thanks for asking. They won’t release me from the hospital though until test results indicate they don’t have to do it again,” MGK explained. “I just wanna be sure my left arm will be fully functional again after this.”
Partied like rock stars last night with @machinegunkelly to celebrate the show! What a great chap pic.twitter.com/n4T1TxZ1sF
— Joshua Kane (@joshuakanebespk) January 11, 2016
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Machine Gun Kelly said the doctors told him that if he had waited just 12 more hours to be hospitalized then he would have likely lost his arm.
“The infection would’ve gotten to my bone. You know what that means?” he asked, making his point about amputation pretty clear by using emojis for a knife and a strong arm.
At this point, Machine Gun Kelly’s surgery seems to have been a success since he is no longer talking about losing an arm to the knife. Instead, he has been complaining about the hospital’s nurses and counting down the days.
the nurse won’t give me a sleeping pill because it’s past 2am. now ima need an angry pill. should’ve just gave me the sleepy one.
— Machine Gun Kelly (@machinegunkelly) January 18, 2016
day 3.???? https://t.co/lMztf2kfGq
— Machine Gun Kelly (@machinegunkelly) January 18, 2016
MGK may not be completely out of the woods yet. A recent Instagram photo shows his arm covered in blood and bandages, although it may be his right arm since the left arm was shown covered in bandages on Snapchat. Even in recent tweets, Machine Gun Kelly never explains which arm he is talking about, or whether the blood is from an accident with the IV needle, but it is not exactly a pretty picture.
needed to see a little bit of blood to wake up???? – [ there was no coffee ]???????? https://t.co/mR0mkVtNvL
— Machine Gun Kelly (@machinegunkelly) January 18, 2016
@TheBShue I AM YOUR MASTER DARTH VADER NOW WHAT IS YOU SAYIN?! HOBER.
— Machine Gun Kelly (@machinegunkelly) January 18, 2016
Still, it is probably a good sign when the patient is cracking jokes; although fans cannot be sure if he’s referencing a video or the fact that the Star Wars villain lost a hand. Fans can hope that Machine Gun Kelly’s health scare will be over soon and he will be able to return home with his arm still intact.
@machinegunkelly good thing you didn’t have a show today. You’d be out there with the iv and everything still in you lol feel better my dude
— Willard (@KingWillard) January 18, 2016
General Admission 19??Machine Gun Kelly pic.twitter.com/0Nhd36LALI
— WEAREMACHINEGUNKELLY (@WEAREMGK) January 14, 2016
[Image via John Sciulli / Stringer / Getty Images]
