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Bonnie Tyler Went into Cardiac Arrest After She Had Emergency Bowel Surgery: Report
The singer from Wales was in great pain after she got to Portugal, where she has a house, following unsuccessful tests in London.
News of the singer’s health battle was first announced on Wednesday after reports revealed that she had emergency surgery for a perforated intestine last week.
Bonnie had been inactive at home for two days before her husband, Robert Sullivan, who was very worried, took her to the private hospital where she was first seen before being brought to Faro.
Now, local Portuguese media report that Bonnie suffered a cardiac arrest while the doctors were trying to bring her out of an induced coma.
Cardiac arrest is when a person’s heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops to pump blood, it also stops to beat, and as a result, it interrupts the flow of oxygen which is supplied to the body and brain.
Bonnie Tyler Remains in Induced Coma as Doctors Fight “Serious Infection”
The artist is going to be kept in a medically induced coma in the intensive care unit of Faro Hospital until the doctors can control the “serious infection” caused by a perforated intestine she is suffering from, according to Correio da Manha.
Her close friend Liberto Mealha said late at night that doctors remain “confident” in her eventual recovery despite the fact that her condition is still developing.
Friend Details Bonnie Tyler Health Crisis: “She Began to Feel Ill in the Midst of a Concert in London”
Disclosing her health issues Mr Mealha said: “During the concert in London she felt unwell and she decided to see a doctor for some tests. However, the tests didn’t show anything there. “After that, she also went to Algarve but that is where she started to have very bad stomach pain.”
“The private hospital she first went to, the same day, decided to get her to the Faro hospital urgently as her appendix was already burst and she was in need of an emergency operation.”
Bonnie is most recognized for her number one single “Total Eclipse of the Heart, ” which gained worldwide fame in 1983.
She had four more top ten hits, two of them being “It’s a Heartache” and “Holding Out for a Hero.”
Bonnie Tyler Condition Was Found Deteriorated After Being “Stable” Initially Following Eurovision Career
Bonnie was one of the performers in the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2013 when she represented the UK.
With her song “Believe in Me, ” she got her position 19th.
While Celebrities were said to be stable in the intermediate care unit of Faro Hospital, they got worse very quickly and had to be moved to intensive care.
Indeed, she has been out and about making her music in the weeks before being hospitalized although she had sometimes been complaining of pain.
Bonnie Tyler’s Spokesman Confirms Emergency Surgery and Star’s Recovery in Portugal
“The surgery went quite well and she is currently in a recovery stage.
“We think that all her family, friends and fans will be disturbed by this news and will be hoping for her fast and smooth recovery.”
Since 1973, Bonnie has been married to property developer Robert Sullivan and nowadays splits her time between southern Portugal and the UK.
