Greg Vaughan, 50, is speaking out after he was hospitalized with severe altitude sickness.
The “Days of Our Lives” star was on a ski and snowboard trip to Breckenridge, Colorado, with his family when he fell ill.
He joked on Instagram, “I’ve said more than a few times, I truly feel like I work & live in a Soap Opera!”
After just one day in the mountains, Greg started “experiencing shortness of breath climbing a few flights of stairs, wheezy, some congestion after some cold snowy conditions, and a headache developing.”
He went on, “I had [hydrated] all day, so into the night I drank a bottle of Pedialyte and NyQuil’d myself out to be ready to tackle BRECK w/the boys the next morning!”
Despite his home remedies, Vaughan found himself “tossing, turning, no sleep, coughing, dry heaving & my head felt like it was in a walnut cracker!”
He decided to stay in the next day so he could rest, but his symptoms only got worse.
After “two full days gone,” Greg said, “I finally surrendered & went to urgent care and to my shock I learned that I was experiencing severe altitude sickness! My Blood Oxygen was at 54% & my lungs were full of fluids!”
He added, “Most people have an oxygen level of 95-100%….”
In a second post, he showed off his blood oxygen level at 94 percent and added, “Well, 4hrs later, a couple of bags of IV & oxygen tank strapped to my face, I was told that I needed to immediately get off the mountain! 🤪However I couldn’t, we still had another day to go & wanting the boys to enjoy their last day on the hill tops! I opted to go home with an oxygen tank, a good laugh for everyone, and I know will follow, but my boys looked after their old man & fortunately they had friends on this trip!”
He insisted, “In all seriousness, no matter your age, and all the times I’ve ⛷️& 🏂 in my lifetime, Colorado Rockies is no joke! As they say, ‘take a breathe and smell the roses!’ That is truly something we need to remember & appreciate! #recoveryinprogress #myadventures 🙏🏻🤘🏼👊🏼.”