14 DAY TRIAL // Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts, who returned on the show in February after a prolonged absence to receive treatment for MDS, has suffered a health setback.
In a post on her Facebook page, Roberts explains to the viewers at home why she wasn’t on recent editions of GMA, Us Weekly reports.
However, the always considered Roberts starts her message with a few words of encouragement for the people of Boston.
“My heart continues to go out to the remarkably strong people of Boston. We stand by you now and always. It saddens me that I haven't been able to join my colleagues in covering this important story,” she writes.
“Last week, in the middle of my Key West vacation, I began not to feel well. Nothing serious, just under the weather. I contacted my doctors and flew back to NYC,” Roberts continues, explaining the reason she wasn’t able to be on the show.
Once in NYC, she was hospitalized immediately.
“They felt it best to admit me into the hospital for a few days. Seems my young immune system needed a little boost to fight off ‘opportunistic infections’,” she writes.
Because she became sick shortly after coming back to work, Roberts tries to kill rumors that the two might be connected in the bud: this minor setback had nothing to do with her work schedule, she says.
If anything, she’d been warned that this might happen.
Right now, Robin is at home and on the mend, and will resume her GMA duties very soon.
“I'm feeling MUCH better, and will relax at home for the rest of the week. I'll be back on GMA next week ... as my sweet momma would say: ‘Good Lord willing, and the creek don't rise!’ Miss you and bless you,” she writes.