ALOISI IS JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE
BRISBANE Roar assistant coach Ross Aloisi has revealed how he came close to a premature death.
Aloisi’s Christmas Day was certainly a huge gift for the celebration of his life.
He spent the day in Brisbane with his family, his brother John and his family and his father Rocky and mum Helen from Adelaide.
The 44-year-old has survived six pulmonary embolisms – a blood clot that occurs in the lungs.
The condition has a 30 per cent sudden-death rate.
Aloisi ignored the symptoms for five days after he was in severe pain after Roar’s clash against Wellington Phoenix in Wellington on October 28.
“When I walked into the dressing room after the game I had this pain in my shoulder,’’ Aloisi said.
It took him five days of pain before seeing a doctor, who ordered him to hospital.
“I got to emergency and they shoved all sorts of injections in my stomach and my arm and the specialists came from everywhere. They were all over me,” he said.
“They found out I’ve got a blood clot disorder, it’s hereditary. It did scare me but I’m glad I’m here. I just have to be careful.”