HGTV star Ty Pennington is recovering from health problems

HGTV star Ty Pennington had a bit of a health complication this week, just two days after attending the posh “Barbie” premiere.

The TV personality, 58, posted on his verified Instagram on Friday including a carousel of photos and began his caption with, “From the red carpet to the ICU…this last week has been interesting!”

He also informed his followers that he is “okay now, (and) still recovering”.

“To shed some light on why I was MIA,” he added, “Sunday I walked the red carpet for @barbiethemovie, Monday I flew to Colorado to start filming in Breckenridge and Tuesday morning I woke up at 4am and could hardly breathe.”

“It turns out that sore throat I’ve been having for the past month was actually an abscess that had gotten so big it was closing off my airway,” he continued. “Before I knew it I was intubated and flown to the ICU in Denver. I had surgery on Wednesday and I was discharged from the ICU yesterday afternoon.”

Pennington added a thank you to “all the wonderful staff at St. Anthony’s in Lakewood, CO & Summit Health in Frisco for taking such good care of me,” noting how the scary experience was a “great reminder to LISTEN to your body” when it tells you something.”

The carousel of images he shared started with one of him in a hospital bed giving his thumbs up, followed by a photo of him at the movie premiere. The third image was of him intubated in the hospital.

The “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” star ended things on a light-hearted note, but referenced another photo in the carousel holding a piece of paper with his best attempts at writing the phrase, “I need to put my speedo on.”

He concluded his caption with, “even through heavy sedatives it’s good to see I was still in the right frame of mind…”, adding the hashtag “#speedosforlife”.