In the end there was a happy ending, Serena Williams, through a video on Tik Tok, told a truly incredible story, directly from the hospital bed where she was hospitalized due to a delicate surgery she underwent in the last hours.
The American legend had to remove a branchial cyst, which, as Serena herself said, was the size of a grapefruit.
“In May I felt a lump on my neck. I went to the doctor for an MRI and was told it was a branchial cyst. They said there was no need to remove it if I didn’t want to. So I didn’t, but it continued to grow,” she explained.
Williams then revealed what happened in the last moments before the decision to undergo surgery, analyzing: “After a biopsy everything came back negative, but the doctors recommended removing it as soon as possible because it was the size of a small grapefruit and could get infected or, even worse, come out.”
A surgery that fortunately went well, but that could have brought very different consequences for the former American tennis legend, who reassured everyone about her condition: “I feel so grateful and lucky that everything went well and above all that I am healthy. Now everything is fine.”
An important health update from Serena Williams. pic.twitter.com/goTGXzrhu2
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 16, 2024
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