Jackass star Bam Margera is 'on the road to recovery' after battling pneumonia and catching Covid - Daily Mail

Jackass prima Bam Margera is connected 'the roadworthy to recovery' aft battling a terrible lawsuit of pneumonia and investigating affirmative for Covid-19. 

The erstwhile nonrecreational skateboarder, 43, was admitted to a San Diego infirmary aboriginal this week and was allegedly enactment connected a ventilator successful the ICU. He reportedly past tested affirmative for Covid portion astatine the facility. 

Margera's household posted a connection to his Instagram Friday night, confirming his hospitalization and assuring fans that helium volition soon beryllium discharged. 

'Bam was precocious hospitalized,' wrote the Margera family. 'Fortunately, helium is present investigating antagonistic for Covid and receiving attraction for pneumonia.'

'Bam is connected the roadworthy to recovery,' they continued, 'and thankfully volition beryllium discharged soon.'

'We inquire and convey you for your affirmative prayers.'

Bam's 2.4 cardinal Instagram followers filled the comments conception with well-wishes. 

'Sending affirmative vigor and emotion to my bro,' wrote DJ Steve Aoki.

'So blessed to perceive it's not arsenic atrocious arsenic we primitively thought,' wrote a fan. 'Just said a healing supplication for him, emotion ya bamfam.'

'My prayers are with Bam and his family,' wrote different instrumentality of Margera. 'Rest up and travel backmost stronger!'

This caller wellness conflict caps disconnected a hard twelvemonth for Bam – existent sanction Brandon Cole Margera. 

The world prima has been successful rehab aggregate times for substance abuse, leaving a court-ordered attraction installation successful aboriginal September. 

It wasn't the archetypal incidental of him abandoning attraction arsenic Bam had antecedently disappeared from the installation doubly implicit the summer. 

Margera has been unfastened astir his struggles with addiction successful the past, sharing with the nationalist past twelvemonth that his dependence connected Adderall and painkillers were a effect of his unsafe stunts.

In May, the skateboarder celebrated 'one twelvemonth of treatment' for cause and intoxicant maltreatment astatine a Boca Raton installation and planned connected attending outpatient attraction classes for the adjacent 2 months.

Just a fewer weeks later, his troubles began. 

Bam went missing connected June 13 and was recovered days aboriginal successful a edifice by Sheriff's deputies and a situation involution team.

The world prima claimed that helium near the attraction halfway due to the fact that of interest for his 4-year-old lad Phoenix Wolf. 

The world prima alleged that helium was being kept from his lad and disquieted that helium would not beryllium capable to rise him if helium was successful rehab.

Bam has reportedly been estranged from his woman Nikki Boyd, who allegedly hasn't made attempts to interaction him since helium has been successful rehab.

A breached wrist, suicidal thoughts and a warfare with the creators of Jackass person each plagued the troubled skateboarder passim these past fewer years.