{"id":10593,"date":"2026-10-20T20:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:33:51","slug":"pat-sajaks-health-scare-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=10593","title":{"rendered":"Pat Sajak\u2019s Health Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pat Sajak Reveals Terrifying Health Scare That Left Him Fearing Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beloved <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> host Pat Sajak once opened up about a frightening medical emergency that nearly cost him his life.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2019, Sajak experienced unbearable stomach pain shortly after a morning walk with his daughter. Doctors discovered a blocked intestine requiring immediate emergency surgery.<\/p>\n<p>During a December 2019 interview with <em>Good Morning America<\/em>, Sajak recalled how powerful pain medication caused strange visions and made him believe he was dying.<\/p>\n<p>He could hear his wife and daughter speaking nearby but felt strangely disconnected from reality.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the surgery was successful, and doctors found no underlying cause for the blockage.<\/p>\n<p>Sajak recovered and returned to hosting, joking that longtime co-host Vanna White might enjoy replacing him.<\/p>\n<p>After more than four decades entertaining millions, Sajak eventually retired from <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> in June 2024, leaving behind an unforgettable television legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Sajak Reveals Terrifying Health Scare That Left Him Fearing Death Beloved Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak once opened up about a frightening medical emergency that nearly cost him his life. In November 2019, Sajak experienced unbearable stomach pain shortly after a morning walk with his daughter. Doctors discovered a blocked intestine requiring immediate &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10594,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions\/10594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}