Kel Mitchell, the popular 200s Nickelodeon actor, is now sharing more details on what led to his hospitalization for a health-related incident earlier in the week.
In a video posted on his Instagram Friday, the actor said, “I’m good, I’m here, I’m smiling, I’m with my family, I’m at home.” His update comes days after what he previously called a “genuinely frightening” experience that happened on Tuesday.
“I was out shopping when suddenly the whole room started spinning,” he explained in the clip. “So I was like, I must be dehydrated so I need to go get some water, some food. When I did that, the whole right side of my arm and my leg was numb, followed by me not being able to swallow. And that’s when I panicked.
According to Ken, he drove himself to a local hospital, which he “wouldn’t advise anybody to do.”
Once at the hospital, Ken said he “failed the arm and leg test. So that was raising fears of like, something more serious, and because I could not move my right arm, my motor skills were not working. So CT scan, EKG, everything they started doing on me, that’s why I had to stay overnight [at the hospital].”
Thankfully, what they all feared wasn’t actually what it was.
“It was actually a bulging disc that I had from a prior injury that was pressing up against the nerve, mimicking all those symptoms that I was going through,” the actor said. “So, I’m thanking God that I am good. Thank y’all for all the prayers and the comments.”