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Deadliest Catch<\/em> Captain Phil Harris is showing “good signs of improvement” after suffering a stroke last Friday, sons Jake and Josh Harris told fans this week. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Harris was airlifted to an Anchorage hospital after collapsing while unloading his boat, The Cornelia Marie, at a port on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Doctors there placed Harris under a coma to reduce brain swelling. The tattooed Skipper woke up from the medically-induced coma yesterday afternoon with fighting words for his nurses. <\/p>\n “Today Dad showed some good signs of improvement, squeezing our hands and even summoning his trademark captain’s bluntness by telling the doctors and nurses, ‘Don’t f–k up,’”<\/em> Josh and Jake reported on the Discovery Channel show’s site Wednesday. “We are encouraged, but still very cautious. It is a long road ahead, but it’s made more bearable and comforting knowing your thoughts and prayers are with us. We are strong because of you\u2014our fans.”<\/em><\/p>\n Deadliest Catch<\/em> is a reality fan favorite and even won an Emmy for its adventures on the high seas.<\/p>\n Deadliest Catch Captain Phil Harris is showing “good signs of improvement” after suffering a stroke last Friday, sons Jake and Josh Harris told fans this week. Harris was airlifted to an Anchorage hospital after collapsing while unloading his boat, The Cornelia Marie, at a port on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Doctors there placed Harris under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-653064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2JTi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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