Pete Doherty Almost Died

Pete Doherty says was on a life support machine in October because his heart stopped. The official word for the Babyshambles show cancellations at the time was that he was exhausted. Pete says:

"If I hadn’t been on a life support machine I’d have been in Ireland, but my heart stopped."

"The doctors immediately thought was that it was to do with drugs, but it wasn’t. What happened? Well, I don’t know. I don’t remember. I was running into the walls, making steering wheel signs with my hands. And then I just stopped. My body just stopped."

Sounds like a reaction to drugs.

Pete has a medical implant that cancels the effects of heroin and cocaine, so he doesn’t believe drugs had anything to do with his medical issue.

First of all if Pete’s heart stopped he would be shocked with a defibrillator, and he might have burns from it. When Pete says he was on a life support machine, that’s usually a ventilator that breathes for someone who has stopped breathing. What probably happened was that Pete’s drugs were set too high so he had a reaction. When Pete was in the hospital they probably had him hooked up to a cardiac monitor so they could watch his EKG to know what his heart was doing.

This happened last month, and we’re just now finding out. The world has stopped caring about Pete since he is no longer associated with anyone more famous than himself.

It must be difficult for Pete’s children to see what a mess their father is.