Madonna looks back on her “amazing recovery” after a year with death

Madonna has opened up about her “miraculous recovery” a year after suffering a bacterial infection that proved fatal.

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The singer wrote an emotional message on Instagram last year to celebrate her improved health.

“One year ago today, I survived a life-threatening illness and returned from the hospital,” she wrote on July 4. “I couldn’t stand holding a sparkler in my garden. I made a wonderful recovery and had a wonderful year.

“Thank God. Life is beautiful!” she added.

Last June, Madonna’s manager, Guy Oseary, revealed that the 65-year-old pop queen was in intensive care with a “severe bacterial infection”. He wrote: “Her condition is improving but she is still undergoing treatment. Full recovery is expected,” he said.

Ill health led to the postponement of his tour Celebration World Tour So much so that Madonna will return to performing on stage until she recovers. During a concert given last December in New York, the interpreter Like a virgin It confirmed to his audience that he had been placed in a “48-hour induced coma” earlier this year.

“Some important people who were with me in the hospital are in the room tonight. A very important woman dragged me to the hospital and I don’t remember her. I passed out on my bathroom floor and woke up in the ICU. She saved my life,” said Madonna, whose tour ended in Rio de Janeiro on May 4 (2024), with a massive concert on Copacabana Beach in front of 1.6 million people.