Whoopi Goldberg's doctors reveal she had 'a 1 in 3 chance of dying' when star was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia and sepsis
- Whoopi Goldberg brought her doctors onto The View on Monday following a bout of double pneumonia and sepsis
- Jorge Rondriguez and Martin Greenberg rated the actress a '1 in 3 chance of dying' at the time of her initial hospital admission
- The 63-year-old made a surprise return to The View last Thursday
- Co-hosts wiped tears away and gave her several hugs during emotional moment
- Goldberg revealed last week that she came 'very, very close to leaving the Earth'
- She had been battling pneumonia in both lungs and then contracted sepsis
- Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition in which the body is fighting a severe infection that has spread via the bloodstream
- Her previous appearance on the award-winning talk show was February 5
Whoopi Goldberg's doctors have revealed just how close the star came to death when she was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia.
Appearing on The View alongside the frail-looking 63-year-old co-host, Whoopi's pulmonologist Martin Greenberg said the EGOT winner was 'in a bad way' when he first met her.
'She had a chance of dying of thirty percent, 1 in 3' said the medical expert.
Close call: Whoopi Goldberg's doctors have revealed just how close the star came to death when she was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia
When Goldberg called her primary physician Jorge Rodriguez to discuss her condition, he said he could 'barely understand what she was saying'.
'She was gasping for air,' said the physician.
'She couldn't breathe," the doctor said. "Her teeth were chattering, she was obviously in what we call rigors'.
Rigors are uncontrollable shivers, usually accompanied by a fever and sweating.
Her doctors: Appearing on The View alongside the frail-looking 63-year-old co-host, Whoopi's pulmonologist Martin Greenberg [far left] said the EGOT winner was 'in a bad way' when he first met her. Seen with Dr Jorge Rodriguez [center] and co-host Sunny Hostin
Danger zone: When Goldberg called her primary physician Jorge Rodriguez to discuss her condition, he said he could 'barely understand what she was saying'. Seen here with co-host Joy Behar
Jorge then revealed that when Whoopi said she was tired and wanted to sleep, he tried to keep her on the phone in case she couldn't be roused.
'I was afraid she wasn't going to wake up,' he said.
'Because you don't know if someone... when they give you those clues, is she really now just tired, or is she going to become unconscious and this is it?'
'So I wanted her talking... that's how serious it was,' the doctor concluded.
Healthier: Whoopi seen back in April with actress Chloe Sevigny
X-ray: Goldberg shared all the details of her illness with the audience
'She was in a bad way' when he first examined her, said Greenberg.
'It was all hands on deck,' he said of the treatment, after rating Whoopi's initial chance of survival at seventy percent, or 2 in 3.
'She had high fever, she was short of breath, very rapid heart rate, and a low oxygen level – which is not a good sign,' added the specialist.
No joke: 'The crazy thing is people don't take this seriously,' said Goldberg
Concerned: Sunny and co-host Meghan McCain seemed full of concern for the long-time host of the popular ABC talk show
'The crazy thing is people don't take this seriously,' said Goldberg.
'They don't take pneumonia seriously, and you have to. And this idea that we can fight through everything, 'cause that was my problem.'
'I get a cold and I just... I don't take stuff. I just fight through it. And you can't do that.'
'It will kill you. Inactivity, not doing anything, not checking, will kill you. So get your ego together and say, "Yeah, I'm going to the doctor because I don't feel good."'
'It's okay to go to the doctor because you don't feel good. Because you'd rather be alive b***hing about it than dead.'
Worried: 'She was in a bad way' when he first examined her, said Greenberg
Workhorse: The Tony award winner also admitted she's slowed down her work rate while she recovers: 'I don't do half of the stuff I was doing in terms of work'. Seen here in the 1992 film Sister Act
The Tony award winner also admitted she's slowed down her work rate while she recovers: 'I don't do half of the stuff I was doing in terms of work'.
'I slowed it down because you don’t want to relapse. I don’t ever want to do this again.'
'I didn't like it. This is what happens when you don't take care of yourself,' said the New York native.