{ "id": "84572", "author": "23", "cnmid": "0", "title": "Chris Cairns Reveals What Inspired Him Throughout His Stay In Hospital ", "lang": "en", "series": "1", "cup_year": "2021", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, who is recovering from a complicated heart surgery, has said that an inspirational poster pinned by his daughter inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Sydn", "subtype": null, "editor1": "

Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns, who is recovering from a complicated heart surgery, has said that an inspirational poster pinned by his daughter inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Sydney had helped him through his prolonged stay in hospital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 51-year-old star all-rounder was in critical condition after suffering complications following a major heart surgery in Sydney. Cairns had suffered an aortic dissection and had to be transferred to Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital on life support earlier this month from Canberra.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Aortic dissection is a serious medical condition in which a tear happens in the inner layer of the body's main artery (aorta). Only recently, Cairns was taken off life support and was able to communicate with his family.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In a heartfelt message posted on Instagram on Tuesday, the cricketing great wrote, "My 10-year-old daughter is a tennis player and when I woke up and came out of my haze in ICU, I saw that she had made me a poster and Mel (Cairns wife) stuck it on my wall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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A post shared by Chris Cairns (@chriscairns2021)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n