Lewis Hamilton has shared a heartbreaking replace on his beloved canine Roscoe, who’s in a coma after his coronary heart stopped when he was admitted to a veterinary hospital
Lewis Hamilton has shared heart-wrenching pictures of his beloved canine Roscoe on a ventilator after the pooch fell right into a coma. The System 1 ace has been preserving a bedside vigil for his furry good friend, who he rushed to a vet earlier this week when the 13-year-old’s well being took a flip for the more serious.
Hamilton even cancelled a deliberate journey to Italy for a Ferrari testing session at Mugello on Friday. He had beforehand shared with followers on social media in regards to the “scary few hours” he had skilled and requested them to maintain Roscoe of their “ideas and prayers”. He additionally posted an image of his pup wrapped in blankets inside an oxygen kennel.
Nonetheless, in a latest replace, Hamilton confirmed the distressing information that Roscoe’s situation has deteriorated. He wrote: “Please hold Roscoe in your ideas. I wish to hold you all up to date. Roscoe caught pneumonia once more and was struggling to breathe.
“He was admitted into hospital and sedated to calm him whereas they did checks on him and through the course of his coronary heart stopped. They managed to get a heartbeat again and now he’s in a coma. We have no idea whether or not he’ll wake from this. Tomorrow, we’ll attempt to wake him up. I’m by his facet and wish to thanks all to your prayers and help.”
Accompanying the put up have been extra photos of Roscoe, unconscious and respiration with the assistance of a ventilator. Within the photos, Hamilton might be seen comforting his cherished companion, who has now battled pneumonia twice this 12 months after recovering from the sickness earlier in 2025.
Talking on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in Might, Hamilton instructed reporters: “He is 12-and-a-half years previous so he is an previous boy. He had pneumonia, however he is effective now. However positively it is a time the place each time I get a textual content message from the woman who’s taking care of him, my coronary heart stops for a second. You understand, what’s subsequent?”.
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Roscoe recovered from that preliminary bout of pneumonia and was even wholesome sufficient to make an look on the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July.
The bulldog appeared on stage alongside Hamilton throughout a fan occasion on the Northamptonshire circuit, sporting a particular crimson harness that includes Hamilton’s LH44 branding, marking his debut at an F1 race since his proprietor’s transfer to Ferrari.
Hamilton had additionally talked about at Imola that he hoped to deliver Roscoe alongside to the Italian Grand Prix, for his maiden race as a Ferrari driver at their house circuit Monza.
Nonetheless, the bulldog was conspicuously absent from the observe north-east of Milan and now, a number of weeks later, Roscoe is battling for his life.
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