Meghan Markle’s dad had the lower half of his left leg amputated after being rushed to a hospital in the Philippines on Wednesday.

81-year-old Thomas Markle underwent a life-saving, three-hour surgery at a Cebu hospital after his leg turned blue, then black, his son Thomas Markle Jr. told The Daily Mail. A blood clot had cut off circulation to his foot.

“My dad is being very brave. His foot turned blue and then black. It happened very quickly. I took him to a local hospital. They did some scans and an ultrasound and said the leg had to be amputated,” Markle Jr. told the outlet.

Doctors reportedly stated that Markle Sr. could have died without the below-knee amputation, though the initial surgery might not have been sufficient.

“There was no option. I was told the leg had to be removed.

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