Nov. 12, 2024, Dennis Prager, 76, had a serious fall at his home and was taken to the hospital where he went in for emergency back and neck surgery.
Nov. 17, 2024, a post on radiodiscussions.com read: “According to other Salem Radio hosts, he hurt his back severely. Overall, however, they are being somewhat tight-lipped, so far, on details. For example, Bob Frantz, a host on WHK-AM 1420 in Cleveland, Ohio said that he can’t say more right now.”
Another post: “Social Media Freedom Foundation founder Jason Fyk also wrote in a post on X that he had spoken with Prager’s wife, Susan Reed, and wrote that the media executive’s “condition is far worse than I thought.””
Nov. 18, 2024, PragerU posts: “Here is the latest on Dennis. Progress has been slow, but steady. There’s still a lot of swelling and inflammation around his neck and upper spine. Until that recedes, it’s hard to get a good sense of where this is all headed. But, rest assured, the overall trend is positive. Patience is required. But, as we all know, having patience is hard. His body needs time to heal. Let’s give it to him.”
In a video uploaded Nov. 19, Julie Hartman asks Dennis’s adopted son Aaron: “What do you think he’s thinking right now about his situation?”
Aaron: “I don’t know if he’s aware of what’s going on.”
Nov. 21, 2024, Carol Swain posted: “Please continue to pray for Dennis Prager. His condition has changed in a not so great direction. He has been diagnosed with pneumonia. Pray for @SuePrager and the Prager family.”
Nov. 22, 2024, a post on Tigerdroppings.com noted: “Prolonged immobility greatly affects every system of the body (respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, skeletal, etc.) with immobility-related heart & lung complications sometimes causing death in already-compromised patients.”
A friend says:
It looks like once again, if you can avoid surgery you should do so. It’s always problematic at any stage. I don’t know how badly his back and neck were hurt, but if his surgery was for any length of time, the time under really can harm your respiratory system. We don’t know how strong his respiratory system is. He is a cigar smoker which generally affects the mouth and perhaps the throat, but if he inhales the smoke it may weaken his lungs.
It is not unusual after surgery for the patient to develop a respiratory infection, often pneumonia. It is not clear whether he has viral or bacterial pneumonia. Bacterial is more life threatening unless it is caught early enough to be treated with anti biotics.
It sure sound like he is in a medically induced coma, on a respirator and on IV heavy duty anti-biotics (such as vankomyacin, the anti=biotic of last resort).
