DANIELS ‘DOING FINE’ AFTER STROKE
Legendary country music star CHARLIE DANIELS has assured fans he can stil= l play his fiddle and guitar after suffering a mild stroke on Friday (15J= an10).
The Devil Went Down To Georgia musician was snowmobiling near his home = in Colorado when he fell ill, and was rushed to a hospital nearby.
He had to be airlifted to the Swedish Medical Center in Denver to have = further treatment and was allowed home on Sunday (17Jan10).
The music star is undergoing physical therapy to regain full feeling in= his left hand - but at 73, he insists his music career isn’t over.
He tells the Associated Press, "I can still play my fiddle. I can play = my guitar. One of the first things I did when I came home from the hospit= al in Denver was to pick up my guitar and make sure my fingers still work= ed on it… I want to keep entertaining people." Daniels blames his stroke on high blood pressure.
He explains, "It (my blood pressure) had gotten higher than what I real= ised it was. We have taken steps to remedy that, and we are back in the g= ame." But the musician insists health concerns won’t slow him down: "It makes= me realize that things can happen to you, but I choose not to sit around= and worry about the possibility that I could have another stroke. It’s n= ot imminent by any stretch of the imagination… I want to go fishing in = Alaska again. I want to go back to Israel, which I intend to do in March.= I love riding snowmobiles. I love fishing. I love shooting guns. I do a = lot of target shooting when I’m at home. I love horses. I love cowboys. W= hat the heck, I may take up skydiving next, who knows."
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