Scarface has revealed that he almost died during his recent open heart surgery — if not for the heroics of one of the country’s leading heart surgeons.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday (October 8), the Geto Boys legend shared that he went into hospital this past summer for scheduled surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm and a “leaky valve,” but “something crazy happened” when doctors opened him up.
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Alongside a photo of him and his surgeon, Dr. Andrea Quarti, he wrote: “This is the man, one of the most sought after surgeons in the world, when I was told, ‘this Dr. is hard to get’ he’s one of the best if not THE BEST.
“When I woke up to have a scheduled aortic aneurysm and leaky valve repaired something crazy happened, when he got me cut open, my aneurysm had torn the entire circumference of my aorta (certain death).”
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Fortunately for Face Mob, the near-fatal discovery was not beyond the surgical talents of Dr. Quarti.
“[B]ut nope, no surprise to him, I woke 24hrs+ later,” the rapper continued, “and I asked him, why me doc, out of all the people you could’ve worked on?
“He looked up to the heavens and he did this [one finger in the air emoji] wow, and again I say I’m grateful.”
Scarface revealed earlier this week that he had undergone open heart surgery and expressed gratitude that the procedure was successful one.
“6wks ago I underwent open heart surgery, to be upright and smiling today shows you that God aint nothing to play with,” he wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of him looking both happy and dapper at the Grandmaster Awards in Las Vegas, where he and the Paid in Full Foundation honored fellow Hip Hop pioneers Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz and Roxanne Shanté.
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He added: “Again I say, I’m grateful, it could’ve went either way, yet I’m still alive.”
Scarface first alerted fans to his health scare in August, posting a photo of him lying in a hospital bed with a number of tubes and wires attached to his body.
The 53-year-old didn’t disclose what caused him to be hospitalized at the time, only writing in the caption: “Ouch… [three prayer hands emojis] Grateful.”
The badge on the medical professional tending to Face in the photo indicated that he was in the ICU at one of Houston Methodist Hospital’s many facilities across the city.
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His post prompted comments of support from a number of rap peers, including fellow Houstonian Slim Thug, E-40, DJ Premier, Twista, Sleepy Brown, KXNG Crooked, Mannie Fresh and DJ Quik.
