{"id":64846,"date":"2025-04-25T15:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64846"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:38:25","slug":"howe-hails-club-doctor-after-health-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/25\/howe-hails-club-doctor-after-health-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Howe Hails Club Doctor After Health Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has expressed deep gratitude to the club\u2019s doctor, Paul Catterson, whose swift action, he says, may have saved his life following a serious bout of pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old coach was hospitalized on April 11 after battling several days of illness. He has since missed three Premier League matches, only returning to work on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout that quick intervention, it possibly could\u2019ve had a different outcome,\u201d Howe said during his first press appearance since his recovery. Reflecting on the ordeal, he confessed he initially brushed off the symptoms. \u201cI felt really bad, but I didn\u2019t know how bad,\u201d he admitted. \u201cLike a lot of people, I tried to fight through it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though not yet fully recovered, Howe said he feels mentally strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not 100 percent physically, but I like to think I\u2019m close to 100 percent mentally \u2013 and that\u2019s what really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Howe\u2019s absence, assistant manager Jason Tindall and coach Graeme Jones took charge, leading the team to two wins and one defeat. Howe gave full credit to his staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a conscious decision to step back completely. You\u2019re either all in or all out. I said to Jason, \u2018It\u2019s over to you.\u2019 And didn\u2019t he do well?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howe followed the games from home, including wins against Manchester United and Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t really there mentally for the first two, but I was so proud of the performances. They lifted me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Magpies prepare to host Ipswich at St James\u2019 Park on Saturday, Howe is easing back into duties and carrying a renewed appreciation for health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou take your health for granted. When you don\u2019t have the luxury of feeling normal, it can be very difficult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With the worst behind him, Howe is focused on the road ahead \u2013 both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has expressed deep gratitude to the club\u2019s doctor, Paul Catterson, whose swift action, he says, may have saved his life following a serious bout of pneumonia. The 47-year-old coach was hospitalized on April 11 after battling several days of illness. He has since missed three Premier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":64847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64848,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64846\/revisions\/64848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}