Overview

• Doctors discovered abnormalities in his chest-tube site during a routine check-up that prompted his return to the hospital late last week.
• Medical staff have begun antibiotic therapy and performed X-rays to confirm and contain a possible infection around the chest-tube area.
• Askren underwent a double lung transplant in late June after battling staph-induced pneumonia that required dual ECMO support and a 45-day coma.
• During his 59-day hospitalization, he experienced four clinical deaths, significant memory loss and other life-threatening complications before waking in early July.
• A community fundraising campaign covered his medical flight and transplant after insurers initially declined coverage, underscoring gaps in critical-care access for MMA fighters.