Some people celebrate their birthday with a cake, a family reunion, or a vacation. “Golden Bachelor” finalist Leslie Fhima sadly had to spend her 65th birthday in a hospital bed after undergoing emergency surgery.
The “glama” fitness instructor from Minneapolis went to the emergency room last Wednesday after experiencing severe stomach pain. It turned out that the reality show contestant, whose birthday is December 28, needed surgery to treat an intestinal blockage.
“Hello everyone! I know everyone was curious to know what I did on my 65th birthday,” Fhima wrote in an Instagram story, as reported by several media outlets. “I spent it in the hospital. Yes, I had an intestinal obstruction , severe cramps, I went to the emergency room.”
He added that the entire event was “such a random thing. Actually, scar tissue from an appendectomy I had when I was 18.”
In keeping with her dedication to fitness and health, Fhima told her followers to make sure they listen to their bodies and be proactive about physical signs that point to illness.
“If you have serious stomach problems, don’t wait 12 hours to go to the hospital like I did,” he wrote.
Fhima ended her message by sharing that she would be fine after surgery and that she was “so excited” to return home and spend quality time with her dog.
The TV personality’s news came as the Golden Bachelor himself, Gerry Turner, and his fiancée, “Golden Bachelor” winner Theresa Nist, prepare for their wedding televised Thursday on ABC.
Earlier this week, it was announced that former “Golden Bachelor” contestant Susan Noles would be the officiant for “The Golden Wedding.”
“The happy couple came up with the idea because we became very close during the show,” Noles told Glamor in the official arbitration announcement. “Gerry is my friend and now Teresa is my girlfriend, why not? I never asked them why, to tell the truth. But I’m very glad they did it.”
Fhima made it all the way to the end of “The Golden Bachelor” before Turner made the decision to get engaged to Nist.
“So everything you told me the other night was a lie?” Fhima attacked Turner during the season finale. “No offense, I can think whatever I want right now. My heart is broken once again but now I have to do it in front of the world, and see once again how broken I am, how no one chooses me. You didn’t choose me once again. The other night you made it seem like you chose me. You told me things that made me think that’s how it would be. “You led me down a path and then you took a turn and left me there and that’s how I feel.”
