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Jorma Taccone Recovering After 20-Foot Ladder Fall, Faces Months of Rehab

He detailed the accident from his hospital bed on The Lonely Island & Seth Meyers Podcast.

Overview

  • Doctors estimate he will be unable to walk for three to six months, with a prolonged recovery expected.
  • Taccone says the surgery "couldn't have gone better," boosting his long-term outlook.
  • Injuries include a shattered left pelvis, a detached and shattered sacrum, a broken L5 vertebra, and a damaged disc slated for removal.
  • The fall occurred at his Connecticut farmhouse while he was painting a barn and hanging lights for his daughter's fifth birthday using a borrowed, "very rickety" ladder.
  • He plans to enter acute rehabilitation as the next step in his recovery.