Cairns confirmed the news on Instagram a week earlier after he was discharged from the hospital in Canberra following a heart attack and paraplegia.
In the minute-long video message on Twitter, Cairns thanked the surgeons, doctors, nurses and specialists who looked after him in Canberra and Sydney.
The 51-year-old New Zealand all-rounder remains in a serious condition after suffering complications following a major heart surgery in Sydney.
Chris Cairns suffered a stroke in his spine, resulting in paralysis in his legs after a life-saving heart surgery.
Cairns, 51, collapsed after suffering an aortic dissection -- described as a tear in the inner layer of the body's main artery -- while on a visit to Australia's capital Canberra last week.
Cairns, 51, collapsed after suffering an aortic dissection -- described as a tear in the inner layer of the body's main artery -- while on a visit to Australia's capital Canberra last week.
One of the best all-rounders of his time, Cairns played 62 Tests, 215 ODIs and two T20Is for New Zealand between 1989 and 2006.
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