<p>Longtime &#8220;Today&#8221; show host Al Roker revealed Friday that he&#8217;s in the hospital after a blood cot in his leg &#8220;sent some clots into&#8221; his lungs.</p>
<p>The 68-year-old popular weather presenter on NBC shared a message Friday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGjq7-O7Vg/">Instagram</a> that said he&#8217;s doing okay and thanked fans for all their &#8220;wishes and prayers.&#8221; His post included a photo that appeared to be taken from a hospital room. The snap shows a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a coffee mug with the message on it that read, &#8220;NBC News weather.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So many of you have been thoughtfully asking where I&#8217;ve been,&#8221; Roker wrote. &#8220;Last week I was admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in my leg which sent some clots into my lungs.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;After some medical whack-a-mole, I am so fortunate to be getting terrific medical care and on the way to recovery,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers and hope to see you soon. Have a great weekend, everyone.&#8221;</p>
<p>Other hosts on the morning show shared their well wishes for the TV personality on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGsC1kOKQs/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/alroker/status/1593640751564480512?s=20&amp;t=ubsKfxmTM0Wlj7XVh6MHLg">Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>Dylan Dreyer tweeted, &#8220;Love you Al, and praying everyday for a speedy recovery.&#8221;</p>
<p>While Savannah Guthrie shared,&#8221;You&#8217;re the strongest person we know. We miss you and will see you soon.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Love you brother&#8230;can&#8217;t wait to have you back, &#8221; NBC host Craig Melvin tweeted.</p>
<p>While Hoda Kotb wrote, &#8220;Al Roker&#8230;hurry back to us. counting the days xoxoxo.&#8221;</p>
<p>On the Friday edition of the show, Guthrie told fans that Roker is &#8220;in good spirits&#8221; while Dreyer shared how incredible her cohost is, the &#8220;Today&#8221; <a href="https://www.today.com/health/anchors-send-love-al-roker-hospital-rcna57839">show</a> noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not that you need us to tell you how incredible Al is, the first time I called him, he immediately said, &#8216;Hey Dilly-Dill! How are the boys?'&#8221; Dylan explained. &#8220;That&#8217;s classic Al.&#8221;</p>
<p>And co-host Carson Daly said simply, &#8220;We need him back,&#8221; as he noted Roker&#8217;s inspiration to him.</p>
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