Bam Margera‘s ongoing attempt at rehab is being put on hold… at least, for now.
The former Viva La Bam star was hospitalized this week to deal with edema, a condition where excess fluid in tissues causes extensive swelling throughout the body, but he’s expected to be back on his feet pretty quickly and back in rehab to give it a full go after that.
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The 39-year-old broke the news to fans on Wednesday in a since-deleted Instagram post where the reality TV star shared a picture of himself lying in a hospital bed, and informed fans of what was going on in the caption. He wrote (below):
“Adema [sic] sucks but i will be fine and out in a few hours, either reaction to new medicine or detoxing from i guess a bit of alchohol [sic] from two weeks ago when i had the pleasure to go to jail.”
Of course, the Jackass alum is referring to his little hiccup a couple weeks back when he was arrested after skipping out on rehab and having an altercation in a hotel bar. Days later, after sobering up in jail and speaking with loved ones again, he opted to give rehab another shot, and, well, here we are.
It’ll be very interesting to see if things will work out this time for the reality daredevil. He’s obviously tried rehab unsuccessfully multiple times before, but it sometimes takes a few cracks at it before one succeeds, anyways.
More to the point with Bam is his family; the Pennsylvania native has previously been adamant about keeping his phone with him during his rehab stay, so that he may keep in contact with his son. Rehab officials hadn’t been too keen on that, though, and for a time it appeared the impasse might thwart the entire process of getting the celeb clean and sober.
But just a few days ago, in another now-deleted Instagram post, Bam left an interesting comment suggesting he’s finally all-in on getting clean — even if it means leaving his phone behind for a short time. The reckless reality legend (or someone on his team!) passed along this message via IG (below):
“Bam will be unavailable until 9/6/19 from his phone. So anyone texting, calling or trying to reach him, he is in rehab getting treatment.”
OK then! Good news!
Though it may be a small step, the fact Margera is willing to forego his phone and focus on getting clean for a bit is likely a very good sign. And though he’s already been in and out of rehab several times this month — as well as several more times in his life — there’s still hope here. Even the fact somebody is cleaning up and deleting all these things off his Instagram account hopefully means he’s getting back on track!
We’re all pulling hard for this TV troublemaker to make good on getting clean. Here’s to you, Bam!
[Image via WENN]