HGTV Host Ty Pennington Intubated In ICU For Throat Abscess

Ty Pennington, host of HGTV’s Rock the Block and Battle on the Beach, was hospitalized and moved to the ICU where he was intubated due to a throat abscess.

The TV personality shared the update with his Instagram followers, assuring them that he is now recovering from surgery at a Colorado hospital.

Pennington was intubated to facilitate breathing while his airway was blocked. His condition came just two days after he attended the Barbie premiere in Los Angeles.

Pennington is most known as the former host of Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

“From the red carpet, to the ICU… this last week has been interesting! I’m okay now, still recovering,” he wrote. “To shed some light on why I was MIA… Sunday I hit the red carpet for @barbiethemovie; Monday I flew to Colorado to start filming in Breckinridge and Tuesday morning I woke up at 4 a.m. and could barely breathe. Turns out, that sore throat Ive had for the last month was actually an abscess which had grown so large it was closing off my airway.”

He continued, “Next thing I know, I was intubated and flown to the ICU in Denver,” he recalled. “Wednesday I had surgery and yesterday afternoon I was released from the ICU. Thank you so much to all the amazing staff at St.Anthony’s in Lakewood, CO & Summit Health in Frisco for taking such great care of me. A great reminder to LISTEN to your body when it’s telling you something #justhappytobehere Also, even through heavy sedatives it’s good to see I was still in the right frame of mind (pic 4)…”

Pennington appeared at the Barbie premiere on Sunday to promote HGTV’s four-part special Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge. He will compete on one of eight teams of HGTV stars transforming a Southern California home into a real-life version of Barbie’s iconic dreamhouse.

The series will premiere on July 16 at 8 p.m.