Longtime radio host Ryan Cameron called into his radio station Majic 107.5/97.5 Wednesday to tell his fans he was recuperating from sepsis and heart valve surgery.
During a brief conversation on air from the hospital, Cameron told Rashan Ali, who is covering for him on the R&B radio station, that he tested negative for COVID-19.
Unfortunately, he had sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body's extreme response to an infection. He said he entered the hospital a couple of weeks ago with fever and chills. “I was unconscious through Easter,” he told Ali. “Infection had taken over my entire body.”
He also explained that when he was age 30, he found out he had a congenital heart issue called mitral valve regurgitation, when your heart's mitral valve doesn't close tightly, allowing blood to flow backward in your heart.
It wasn’t serious, a doctor told him, but he might need surgery when he’s 60 or 70.
It happened sooner. He’s 54.
Cameron, who is normally heard afternoons on Majic, said he is feeling better but will speak more about his situation on air on Friday.
“I received every message and text,” he said. “Your boy will be back soon!”
UPDATE: On Friday, Cameron posted on Instagram that he had been discharged from the hospital.
The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame recipient and Atlanta native has been on air on local radio for nearly three decades on V-103 (twice), Hot 97.5 (later 107.9) and now Majic.
He has also been the excitable in-game announcer for the Atlanta Hawks for the past 15 years and is now doing Atlanta Falcons games as well.
