Joan River Hospitalized in Serious Condition
Fashion Police and legendary comedian Joan Rivers stops breathing in surgery and remains serious condition after she was RUSHED to the hospital from a endoscopy clinic where doctors perform minor procedures on patients.
CelebNMusic247.com has learned via CNN that Joan Rivers stopped breathing during throat surgery. Rivers, 81, was taken by ambulance in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Rivers is currently “resting comfortably” in a New York hospital after apparently suffering cardiac and respiratory arrest during a procedure at a medical clinic Thursday.
On Friday Melissa Rivers issued a statement:
“My mother would be so touched by the tributes and prayers that we have received from around the world,” she said. “Her condition remains serious but she is receiving the best treatment and care possible. We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts as we pray for her recovery.”
Rivers had been scheduled to perform her comedy act at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey, Friday night.
Michael Lucas, who was in the audience for Rivers’ show at New York’s Beechman Theater Wednesday night, told CNN that she joked about death.
Lucas said:
“She said, ‘You know I’m 81 years old, and I could drop dead at any moment and you would be so lucky because you will have a story to tell your friends for the rest of your life.'”
“Then she mimicked people talking about what it was like to see her drop dead on stage.”
Rivers was in fine form, he said, explaining:
“There was no sign (Wednesday) night that she was declining. Her show was over an hour long and she never stumbled or even paused to catch her breath.”
Joan has had a couple health scare over the past decade. In In 2013, Rivers allowed cameras to record a health scare for her and her daughter’s reality show, “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best” when doctors found a spot on an X-ray after she had a persistent cough. And in 2002 fell down some stairs left her with broken bones, and she became an advocate for screenings for women.
Our prayers are with Joan. We wish her the best of health and a speedy recovery
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