In a recent three-year period, the 2000 NASCAR Cup champion and Texas native has battled kidney cancer, lung issues and a ruptured appendix.
Two years earlier, the 58-year-old Labonte suffered a ruptured appendix that hospitalized him for five days.During Bobby Labonte’s 25-year NASCAR Cup career, the series champion broke his shoulder blade twice and still raced, but in a recent three-year period the Texas native faced two life-threatening health situations.
“I ended up with a collapsed lung, pleurisy,” Labonte said. “The doctor told me that 10 more hours and I wouldn’t have made it because everything inside of me had exploded so badly. I was on steroids for four months.”Jason Miller/SRXNASCAR Hall of Fame Meanwhile, the spot on his kidney was under constant monitoring by a High Point doctor. It remained fairly static until at the end of one sixth-month period it showed extensive growth. That’s when doctors decided in 2021 that surgery was necessary.The couple contacted the head radiologist at John Hopkins, who had attended school with Kristin. When it came time for the surgery, the couple traveled to John Hopkins where 10% of Labonte’s kidney was removed via robotic surgery by Dr.
Labonte says both of his kidneys are functioning properly and one might not even notice the 10% that’s missing in a scan. He continues to race even though doctors still monitor him. A scan was performed twice last year, due to it being the first year after the kidney surgery. He now undergoes a scan annually for the next five years.
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