Whoopi Goldberg says she nearly died from pneumonia: 'I came very, very close to leaving the Earth'
Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of"The View," opened up today about her extended absence from the show in a videotaped message played for the audience in which she revealed a battle with pneumonia.
"I am here; I am up and moving around," said Goldberg in the message."Not as fast as I'd like to be, but I am OK. I'm not dead." Goldberg, who last appeared on the show Feb. 5, said that she had been battling"septic pneumonia" in both lungs.MORE: 'The View' confirms Whoopi Goldberg is not hosting the OscarsSepsis is"a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body's response to an infection," according to the Mayo Clinic."The body normally releases chemicals into the bloodstream to fight an infection.
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