In a heartfelt moment during her Celebration Tour concert, Madonna thanked a significant individual who had a crucial role in her life during a challenging summer. "There are some very important people in this room while I was in the hospital," she announced, her voice filled with gratitude.
She continued to reminisce about the experience, revealing, "A very important woman dragged me to the hospital. I don't even remember her now. I passed out on my bathroom floor and woke up on the intensive care unit."
The pop icon acknowledged the woman's heroic act, stating, "She saved my life."
Madonna further divulged that she had spent 48 hours in an artificial coma and was grateful for the constant support and guidance from her spiritual mentor during that trying period. "The only voice I heard was his," she shared emotionally. "I heard him saying, 'Take my hand.'"
As she awoke, Madonna shared a surreal moment of seeing her six remarkable children by her side, sparking a lighthearted joke about almost not making it through this miraculous reunion.
Madonna Leone, co-parent to Lourdes Leon with Carlos Leon, and Rocco Ritchie with Guy Ritchie, is also a loving mother to four adopted children – David Banda, Mercy James, and twins Stella and Esther.
In June 2023, Madonna's close friend and long-time manager, Guy Oseary, publicly shared that she had been hospitalized due to a severe bacterial infection, causing the tour to be postponed.[1] CNN later reported that Madonna had been released from the hospital and was recovering at home.[2]
Upon her recovery, Madonna resumed the tour in October 2023, expressing gratitude for her fans and the medical team that played a pivotal role in her recovery.[3]
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Madonna's health scare in June 2023 was a near-fatal experience caused by a severe bacterial infection. She was rushed to the hospital and admitted to the intensive care unit. The infection led to a several-day stay in the ICU, and Madonna was placed in a medically induced coma for 48 hours.[4]
After her health improved, Madonna shared her gratitude towards her fans, her well-wishers, and the medical team that supported her during her recovery. The North American leg of her Celebration Tour was eventually rescheduled to commence in October 2023.[1]
During her concert on December 16, 2023, Madonna acknowledged the mystery woman named Shavawn who had saved her life by dragging her to the hospital after she passed out on her bathroom floor.[5]
[1] CNN, Madonna's Tour Postponed as Singer Recovers from Bacterial Infection, Ed O'Loughlin, June 27, 2023. .
[2] CNN, Madonna Leaves Hospital after Bacterial Infection, Mark Decambre, June 30, 2023. .
[3] Bella, Madonna Cries, Thanks Fans for Support in Her Return to Tour, Good Morning America, Oct. 18, 2023. .
[4] Roettger, Madonna's 2023 Health Scare: What was the Pop Icon's Mystery Illness? Parade, Dec. 16, 2023. .
[5] Rolling Stone, Madonna Opens Up About Near-Death Experience, Gratitude for Mystery Woman, Dec. 17, 2023. .
