#Kel Mitchell Details Health Scare That Led to Hospitalization: “My Arm and My Leg Was Numb”

Kel Mitchell is sharing more details on what led to his hospitalization due to a health-related incident earlier in the week.

In a video posted on his Instagram Friday, the actor said, “I’m good, I’m here, I’m smiling, I’m with my family, I’m at home.” His update comes days after what he previously called a “genuinely frightening” experience that happened on Tuesday.

“I was out shopping when suddenly the whole room started spinning,” he explained in the clip. “So I was like, I must be dehydrated so I need to go get some water, some food. When I did that, the whole right side of my arm and my leg was numb, followed by me not being able to swallow. And that’s when I panicked.”

Mitchell said he proceeded to drive himself to a local hospital, which he “wouldn’t advise anybody to do.”

Once at the medical center, the actor said he “failed the arm and leg test. So that was raising fears of like, something more serious, and because I could not move my right arm, my motor skills were not working. So CT scan, EKG, everything they started doing on me, that’s why I had to stay overnight [at the hospital].”

Thankfully, what they all feared wasn’t actually what it was.

“It was actually a bulging disc that I had from a prior injury that was pressing up against the nerve, mimicking all those symptoms that I was going through,” the actor said. “So, I’m thanking God that I am good. Thank y’all for all the prayers and the comments.”