Tim Allen Offers Well being Replace On Jay Leno, Calls Him ‘Good-looking And Completely satisfied’

Jay Leno is getting by with somewhat assist from his pals!

ET spoke to Tim Allen, a longtime pal of the previous “Tonight Present” host, after he visited Leno on the Grossman Burn Heart in West Hills, the place he’s recovering after surgical procedure to repair third-degree burns he suffered whereas engaged on considered one of his basic automobiles at his storage in Burbank final weekend. A gasoline leak from the automotive triggered gasoline to spray on his face and palms, sparking an explosion that set the comic on fireplace.

In line with Allen, Leno isn’t solely feeling higher, he’s wanting nice too, with “The Santa Claus” actor telling ET the 72-year-old comic is “good-looking” and “pleased,” regardless of the scary incident.

“Jay is nice! He’s feeling higher. We took him some automotive magazines, we did some jokes, which is what we do, we commiserated. His face appears to be like nice, it didn’t look all that good to start with!” Allen quipped. “He’s going with the George Clooney look, you’re gonna be shocked. He’s good-looking and he’s pleased and the hospital’s doing a fantastic job caring for him.’”

ET additionally spoke to Leno’s surgeon, Dr. Peter Grossman, following considered one of his surgical procedures final week, about Leno’s standing and his street to restoration.

Leno sustained “important accidents” within the accident and whereas he doesn’t wish to decrease the seriousness of mentioned accidents, Grossman mentioned he additionally needed to emphasise that Leno’s “doing very effectively.”

“He’s received a really sturdy angle. He’s a really sturdy particular person,” Grossman shared. “And he’s an individual who actually is seeking to transfer ahead, to attempt to discover a strategy to get previous this episode of his life and to get again to what he usually likes to do, which is to be on the market and entertain and be with the individuals. I believe at some point he’ll get there, however I’ve needed to inform him that, in the interim, he wants to take a seat again and deal with Jay.”

When requested to present what proportion of his face suffered burns, Grossman mentioned “burns included the decrease half of his face, his cheeks and his chin and his ears and his neck.”

The restoration course of, to date, contains Leno present process hyperbaric oxygen remedy twice a day, an hour within the morning and one other hour within the afternoon. Leno additionally underwent his first surgical procedure earlier this week, wherein he was put to sleep to take away unhealthy tissue on account of the burns.

The surgical procedure might be grueling, to say the least, relying on the severity of the burns. The unhealthy tissue, Grossman mentioned, is both scrubbed down or shaved down. He added that deeper burn areas are eliminated extra aggressively. However, as soon as the unhealthy tissue is eliminated, a short lived organic dressing is utilized.

Grossman defined that in Leno’s state of affairs, human cadaver pores and skin is used “to create an surroundings wherein his physique might be stimulated to heal, however that’s solely momentary. It needs to be eliminated. After which, in the end, he’ll want a definitive layer of tissue to assist him heal as rapidly as doable with as minimal, destructive results. And that’s what our recreation plan goes ahead.”

Grossman mentioned it’s “somewhat bit untimely” to find out what number of extra surgical procedures Leno would require in his restoration course of or how lengthy he’ll want to remain on the burn middle, however the surgeon’s hope is that Leno will probably be dwelling sooner somewhat than later.

As far as any everlasting disfigurements on account of the accidents, Grossman once more reiterated it’s too quickly to inform.

“It’s too early to inform what’s going to occur. It’s at all times doable in burn accidents, particularly when you’ve gotten important harm from the state of affairs as he did,” Grossman mentioned. “Hopefully with aggressive care and somewhat bit of excellent luck we’ll have the ability to get him by means of this with minimal long-term results.”

Like Allen, Grossman advised ET that Leno is in nice spirits and has even been cracking jokes with a number of the hospital employees throughout his keep.

Leno’s been “very compliant with no matter we ask him to do,” Grossman famous, including that the funnyman has been extremely variety and appreciative to the nursing employees and everybody that’s been caring for him, even delivering cookies to a number of the pediatric sufferers on the middle.

He added, “We’ve been very appreciative of what he’s achieved to lighten the surroundings right here within the burn middle.”

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