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<p>Whoopi Goldberg feels "very, very lucky" to be alive after being hospitalised for almost a month.</p>
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<p>The 63-year-old actress fell ill with what she thought was a cold last autumn, but in February this year, she was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, as well as potentially-fatal sepsis, which can lead to tissue damage and organ failure.</p>
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<p>She told People magazine: "I'm very, very lucky. The doctor told me, 'Listen, you're not going anywhere tomorrow and you're not going anywhere next week because you are really sick'."</p>
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<p>While in hospital, the 'Sister Act' star underwent thoracentesis twice, a procedure to drain the lungs in which a needle is inserted in the space between the organs and the chest wall to remove fluid.</p>
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<p>Whoopi took a six-week break from 'The View' and though she's been back four days a week since March, she's still not fully recovered.</p>
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<p>She said: "It's going to be a while before I'm back to 100 per cent. It really took me down, but I'm getting there."<br></p>
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