Luchasaurus update: Dealing with complications of pneumonia in both lungs

Luchasaurus, aka Killswitch, is dealing with complications after suffering a bout of pnemenuioa in both lungs recently.

The AEW wrestler was hospitalized late last month after his fiancee found him collapsed in their home. He was rushed to hospital where it was determined his oxygen level was lower than 80. At the time, it was reported that he would be able to resume training in about a month, but unfortunately, he suffered a setback in his recovery and there are concerns he may have suffered permanent damage.

Our Bryan Alvarez provided an update on the situation during today’s Wrestling Observer Live.

“He is not back in the gym and he will not be back in the gym for a while and he’s not going to be back wrestling, probably, for a while. And it’s hopefully, he will be back wrestling in a while.”

“Apparently, there were complications,” Alvarez continued, mentioning he may have had a compromised immune system as well due to other factors, possibly sleep apnea.

“He ends up getting this flu and bad oxygen uptake as a result of whatever else, turned into pnemenuioa. And apparently he’s at high risk for a relapse, is what I was told. The big concern is that after all of this, they’ve been running test after test, and apparently there may be permanent damage. They found calcification in a heart valve and his body is not producing iron and so he’s got a whole bunch of tests that he apparently has to take. It’s bad. It’s bad enough that he’s out of the hospital, apparently, but he still has to do oxygen.”

He still needs oxygen at home because even day-to-day activities can leave him out of breath and he is not being allowed to train since he’s at high risk for a relapse. He also can’t travel for at least 4-6 weeks and has to see a specialist as soon as he can get in.

“I don’t want to say it’s a career-ending issue, but it could be a career-ending issue,” Alvarez continued.