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Travis Barker is recovering from being hospitalized last week.
The 46-year-old Blink-182 drummer was photographed Tuesday walking out of his recording studio in Calabasas, California, exactly one week after he was seen driving to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on a stretcher with the his wife Kourtney Kardashian. side.
“He is slowly recovering and closely following the orders of his doctors,” a source close to Barker told PEOPLE.
Barker, who wore matching black sunglasses with his T-shirt and pants, earlier told his 7.5 million Instagram followers on Saturday that he was “much better” after being hospitalized last week due to ‘a pancreatitis, an inflammation of the organ that aids digestion and regulates blood sugar.
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 3: (LR) Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker attend the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic)
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“He was complaining about cramps,” a source told PEOPLE a day after Barker was seen entering Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
“Kourtney was worried yesterday. They were both,” another source said. “Travis was suffering from extreme stomach pain and could barely walk.”
Barker’s 16-year-old daughter, Alabama Luella, then asked fans to “please send in your prayers.”
Her stepdaughter Atiana De La Hoya, 23, also opened up to her followers, writing in her Instagram story: “Thank you for the outpouring of love and prayers sent at this time. being and appreciating Xx “.
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Since then, Barker has updated his followers on his health, writing on Saturday in his Instagram story: “I went to an endoscopy on Monday feeling very well, but after dinner, I developed unbearable pain and since I have been hospitalized ever since. “
“During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed just in a very sensitive area, usually manipulated by specialists, which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube. This caused severe, life-threatening pancreatitis,” he added. . “I’m very, very grateful that with intensive treatment, I’m currently much better.”
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Kardashian also shared an update to her own Instagram story, noting that they were “so touched and grateful” for the support they received.
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“Oh, what a most terrifying and emotional week it has been. Our health is everything and sometimes we take for granted how quickly it can change,” Kardashian wrote. “Travis and I did a routine endoscopy together and it ended in severe, deadly pancreatitis.”
The Poosh founder added that she is “very grateful to God for healing my husband,” as well as to the prayers of her fans and specialists, doctors and nurses at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles “for having a such a wonderful cure. “
“It’s crazy how sometimes words could never really express the gratitude or feelings I have inside me,” Kardashian continued in a follow-up Instagram story.