Thursday, October 22, 2009
My Health

Ok before this thing gets out of hand let me set the record straight. This past Monday I got sick while traveling from Mexico to the US. On Tuesday my symptoms increased drastically to body pains, headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, and nausea. I tried several over the counter medicine that temporarily worked, but didn’t help in the long run. Finally I went to our WWE doctor who prescribed me a shot of Phenergan, which should have worked. Unfortunately it made me drowsy and brought on cold chills. The office thought it best I leave than try to perform. I spent Tuesday night in my hotel room vomiting and dealing with bad diarrhea all night (Trust me no one else was near or around me). When I got back home I dealt with the same symptom all day as my girl helped me get better, by getting what our family physician prescribed, and getting rest…..

I’ve never let being sick ever keep me from performing, I’ve worked sick, hurt, and injured before on live events, TV tapings, and Pay Per Views, I just never let no one excluding my partner know how I felt or what I was going through. I apologize to my tag team partner, the participants in my match and the WWE universe, I should have found out all the information about what was given to me before I took it, and prevented my self from getting sick in the first place. I take full responsibility for what happened and I’m sorry. In our industry there is a tradition that the show must go on no matter what, and I feel I have betrayed that tradition by not performing last Tuesday. The greatest joy in my life is performing in the WWE (Win, Lose or Draw), I love what I do, and I will never let something like this happen again.

Sincerely,

Shad Gaspard

Admin’s thought: Poor Shad! I hope he feels better soon. I feel his pain. But we all can understand if someone is sick as a dog and can’t perform, so Shad, you shouldn’t feel as if you let us down. You were sick and deserved to get the rest and care needed to get better. We forgive you.