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Jon Gosselin Says He Survived Two Pulmonary Embolisms Weeks Before His Wedding

He is challenging an almost $20,000 hospital bill with a healthcare strategist.

Overview

  • Gosselin recounted that severe leg pain spread to his shoulder before a late-night coughing fit in which he says he expelled a blood clot.
  • He said he drove himself to the hospital after midnight, later calling that decision dangerous because deep-vein thrombosis could have caused him to pass out at the wheel.
  • Doctors used imaging to diagnose two bilateral pulmonary embolisms, and he remains on Eliquis along with heart and blood pressure medications and aspirin.
  • He says he has recovered and described the ordeal in a Daily Mail interview while DJ'ing at a Sundance event for Rachel Strauss’s healthcare documentary.
  • He is disputing an almost $20,000 bill he believes includes unnecessary or duplicative charges, with Strauss reviewing itemized codes; weeks later he married Stephanie Lebo with two of his eight children present.