Celine Dion’s battle with stiff-person syndrome has taken a turn for the worse as the songstress has reportedly lost control of her muscles.
According to her sister Claudette, the legendary singer’s condition has deteriorated, and has been especially hard to contend with as “she’s always been disciplined.”
“She’s always worked hard,” Claudette told Canadian outlet 7 Jours. “Our mother always told her, ‘You’re going to do it well, you’re going to do it properly.’”
Though Celine’s ultimate “goal is to return to the stage,” Claudette noted they’re unsure “in what capacity” that will be possible.
The update on the Canadian star’s condition comes a year after she announced her diagnosis, and just weeks after her first public appearance in nearly four years.
In early November, the “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” singer was spotted at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, happily supporting the Montreal Canadiens as they faced off against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Over the summer, Claudette said her “strong” sister was “praying for a miracle” and “doing everything to recover” as she suffered with spasms that were “impossible to control.”
“It’s an illness we know so little about,” she told Hello! Canada at the time. “You know [how] people often jump up in the night because of a cramp in the leg or the calf? It’s a bit like that, but in all muscles. There’s little we can do to support her, to alleviate her pain.”
Dion, who last performed in early 2020, announced in May that she’d to pull out of over three dozen shows of her Courage World Tour due to SPS.
“I want you all to know, I’m not giving up… and I can’t wait to see you again,” Celine said in a statement on her website.
SPS is “a rare autoimmune neurological disorder that most commonly causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms that come and go and can worsen over time,” according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Jami Ganz
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