Mikkey Dee was close to joining Lemmy in heaven after nearly dying from sepsis

Mikkey Dee has detailed his battle with sepsis, revealing how the bacterial blood infection nearly claimed his life.

“This holiday season, I have been hospitalized with a very serious blood infection (Sepsis),” the drummer explained in a Facebook post. “I was admitted for three weeks but now I am home fighting this bastard bacteria. Thankfully, I have received fantastic care at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, my hometown. So thanks a million to all the Doctors and Nurses that have been giving me the most excellent care.”

“After several operations, I am now back home and the numbers are all going in the right direction,” Dee continued, noting that he still has “lots of recovery and rehab in front of me.”

The drummer, who has been a member of Scorpions since 2016, shared that his goal is to be healthy and ready for the band’s 60th anniversary residency in Las Vegas, which begins Feb. 27.

In a separate interview with Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Dee explained that his health crisis began after spraining his foot in December. “The ankle swelled up like hell, then it took on a weird shape and appearance and looked like an overcooked ham,” he recalled. “I became very ill so I had to go by ambulance to Sahlgrenska and there they found that I had sky-high values, so I became priority one there.”

After undergoing three emergency surgeries, the drummer revealed how close he came to joining his late Motörhead bandmate, Lemmy Kilmister. “They cut away what was dead and infected and badly infested. It was not a good journey I was on… Another day and I’d be playing drums with Lemmy in heaven. I can say that.“