Jordan Peterson in recovery after month in ICU
Jordan Peterson, left, during an on-stage interview Associated Press / Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth

Canadian psychologist, author, cultural commentator, and Daily Wire podcaster Jordan Peterson is slowly recovering after spending nearly a month in an intensive care unit battling pneumonia and sepsis, Peterson’s daughter, Mikhaila, said in a Saturday update. Doctors diagnosed Peterson, 63, with critical illness polyneuropathy, a type of nerve damage, toward the end of his pneumonia bout, she said. Peterson was unable to communicate for nearly all of September, Mikhaila said. Peterson is now out of ICU but still very sick, she said. He’ll be recovering for a few more months, if not longer, she added.
What is the nerve damage from? Mikhaila suggested it may stem from CIRS, or chronic inflammatory response syndrome, that she said Peterson developed after decades of mold exposure. She noted that her father had suffered from unexplained neuropathy and weakness in recent years.
Mikhaila also said Peterson has experienced severe reactions to medications, and she blamed spiritual attacks for the family’s health battles, noting that her newborn daughter suffered heart failure in June, about a month before her father became sick. Both Peterson and his granddaughter were hospitalized within hours of each other on the same day in July, she said. Mikhaila insisted, though, that Peterson’s education organization, Peterson Academy, would continue in full force.
Dig deeper: Read Bob Brown’s report in WORLD Magazine about Peterson’s TV commentary on parenting.

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