Former Miami Heat star Chris Bosh 'lucky to be alive' following health episode

Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh is "lucky to be alive" after he woke up "covered in my own blood" during a recent health scare that has given him a new appreciation of life, he told fans Wednesday

Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh is "lucky to be alive" after he woke up "covered in my own blood" during a recent health scare that has given him a new appreciation of life, he told fans Wednesday.

Bosh, 41, the former Miami Heat star center, said he was getting ready to go out with his wife when "the next thing you know, I was on the, I was on the ground."

“So I woke up covered in my own blood,” Bosh told fans via Instagram. "It was crazy, it was fast, it was instant. There was no warning. I didn't have any time to prepare for it."

Bosh didn’t get into the diagnosis or specifics of what caused him such distress. He fought blood clots that cut his great career short.

"I'm lucky to be alive, and I feel great about that," he said. "And now I'm thinking about how I live my day-to-day life, that's really it."