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NBA great Chris Bosh revealed a terrifying personal health incident, where he said he woke up in a puddle of his own blood after passing out before a date night with his wife.
The 11-time All-Star posted a video to his Instagram account, saying he continues to recover from a serious medical emergency that began with a numb feeling down his left leg.
Bosh has a history of blood clots, which ultimately led him to cut short his NBA career.
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Chris Bosh poses before the NBA Emirates Cup Championship game between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at T-Mobile Arena on December 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
He finally came to and found his wife calling for rescuers, while noticing the blood he was covered in. Bosh said he tried to move his body, but couldn’t.
While he did not reveal what exactly the medical diagnosis was, Bosh said this health scare gave him a new perspective on life.
“After coming back from the darkness, there was no euphoric clarity,” the basketball Hall of Famer said in the video. “No montage of life flashes before my eyes. No voice in my ear telling me everything will be okay and what to do next. Just gratitude for still being alive and a sobering new awareness of what it’s all really like.
“What did change was an immediate view of life that was simpler and more honest.”
Chris Bosh arrives at the NBA Emirates Cup Championship game between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks at T-Mobile Arena on December 16, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Steve Marcus/Getty Images)
In 2015, Bosh was hospitalized after suffering a pulmonary embolism, or blood clot in the lung. He had initially ignored the pain in his chest, believing it was just a rib injury. The tests showed the opposite.
Then in 2016, blood clots continued to form for Bosh, causing him to fail his physicals with the Miami Heat, the team he spent six of his 13 years with. He finally officially retired from the league in 2017.
Now, after this health incident, Bosh said he is lucky to be alive and hopes to take advantage of that moving forward.
“The ordinary parts of life don’t feel meaningful until they’re taken away,” he said. “And by then, it will be too late.”
NBA stars TJ Ford and Chris Bosh sit courtside during the college basketball game between the Texas Longhorns and the Rider Broncs on November 18, 2025 at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. (David Buono/Sportswire Icon)
Bosh broke into the league in 2003 as a 19-year-old with the Toronto Raptors, who picked him third overall out of Georgia Tech. He made five of his 11 All-Star teams with the Raptors, averaging 20.2 points and 9.4 rebounds per game during his time there.
But Bosh was well known as part of the Heat’s “Big Three” when he joined Dwyane Wade in South Beach before LeBron James also took his talents to Miami. Bosh helped the Heat win two NBA championships during his six seasons there.
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