Etta James is in hospital having endured a "big battle" with various ailments.
The blues singer, 72, has been in the Riverside Community Hospital in Southern California, reports Reuters.
She is suffering from a bloodstream infection and speech difficulties among other ailments, her son, Donto James, explained.
"She's been in a pretty big battle," Donot said.
The singer was recently treated for painkiller addiction before being moved to a nursing facility, then to the hospital. She is set to be discharged from hospital soon, Donot added.
That darned Beyonce went and won a Grammy with her song...and look what it did!!!
_________________ "One good thing about music: when it hits, you feel no pain." -- Bob Marley
"There's got to be a way to make something louder and pull people in without making it louder and pushing people away. Music's not about pushing people away." -- Jim Scott, in TapeOp #75
Donto James, Etta's son, has revealed to CNN that Etta has Alzheimer's Disease, and was diagnosed with it over a year ago. It seems these medical problems are related to the disease.
All the best, Etta.
_________________ "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." -Will Rogers
Etta James is undergoing treatment for leukaemia and has been diagnosed with dementia.
The 72 year-old singer, best known for her 1961 hit 'At Last', was still performing live right up until 2010.
Details of James's conditions were revealed after her husband Artis Mills asked a California court to allow him to take control of more than $1 million (£630,000) of her money, reports the Associated Press.
In Mills' submission to the court, he has indicated that James can no longer sign her own name and needs help eating, dressing and with ablutions. His request will be heard in court today (January 14).
James has won four Grammy awards and 17 Blues Music awards in her career of over 40 years.
Etta James' husband granted financial access to pay for her care
Etta James' husband Artis Mills has won a court case giving him $60,000 (£37,580) of the singer's savings to pay for her medical care.
Mills had asked a judge to give him control of $1 million of the US singing legend's wealth, claiming she has become too ill with leukaemia as well as Alzheimer's disease to oversee her own finances.
His request was contested by James' son Donto, who in a court declaration had asked any transactions to be overseen by a third party "to avoid present and future family conflict and discrepancies", reports BBC News.
Although Donto said he is not against the notion of his mother's money being used to pay for the care, Riverside County superior court judge Thomas Cahraman granted Mills, who has been married to James for 41 years, full permission to use her money to cover the care until February 24.
Etta James has been hospitalised in southern California with blood poisoning.
The blues singer legend has been admitted to an undisclosed hospital to be treated for sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection, reports the Associated Press. The ailment is a potentially deadly one caused by a bacterial infection. She suffered from the same problem last year and had to be treated in hospital then.
James, who is 73, suffers from various ailments including dementia, leukemia and kidney problems. Earlier this year her husband Artis Mills won a court case that resulted in him being given $60,000 (£37,580) of the singer's savings to pay for her medical care. He had asked a judge to give him control of $1 million of his wife's wealth, claiming she has become too ill to oversee her own finances.
Judge Thomas Cahraman granted Mills, who has been married to James for 41 years, full permission to use her money to cover the care until last February.
Etta James has been hospitalised in southern California with blood poisoning.
The blues singer legend has been admitted to an undisclosed hospital to be treated for sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection. The ailment is a potentially deadly one caused by a bacterial infection. She suffered from the same problem last year and had to be treated in hospital then.
James, who is 73, suffers from various ailments including dementia, leukemia and kidney problems.
Sadly, Etta James' medical problems remind me of these lines from the classic movie Meet Me in St. Louis:
Tootie: I suspect she won't live through the night, she has four fatal diseases. Mr. Neely: And it only takes one....
"At Last" and "Tell Mama" blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers.
Dr. Elaine James, who isn't related to the 73-year-old entertainer, tells the Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-n ... ly-ill.ece) that the singer's chronic leukemia was declared incurable two weeks ago.
The doctor has cared for Etta James at the singer's Riverside, Calif., area home since March 2010.
Elaine James says she's spreading word of the singer's ailments so people will pray for her. She says fans know Etta James has been sick "but not how sick."
Court records in the singer's probate case show she also suffers from dementia and kidney failure.
Elaine James made her comments outside a Riverside conservatorship hearing over the singer's $1 million estate. The singer's son, Donto James, wants a conservator rather than the singer's husband, Artis Mills.
According to reports, 73-year-old soul singer Etta James has been hospitalized in the intensive care unit and has been placed on a breathing machine. James, who is terminally ill with leukaemia, entered a California hospital earlier this week, according to her long-term manager, Lupe De-Leon.
De-Leon told Reuters:
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They took her to the hospital. She was having trouble breathing, so they intubated her. She is on a breathing machine and is resting...It is really sad. She is like my sister.
James, who is best known for her recordings of songs such as 'At Last' and 'Tell Mama', has been receiving 24-hour care from her live-in doctor Elaine James since her diagnosis three weeks ago. The singer's doctor has revealed that her patient is currently communicating with nods and simple words.
The singer has been in poor health for the past few years, also suffering from dementia and kidney failure.
Etta James was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and is the recipient of six Grammy awards.
Raised in Los Angeles, James began singing as a child at church and joined a doo-wop group in her early teens. Addicted to heroin throughout the '60s, she got clean in the mid-'70s and became one of the most respected singers in soul and blues. She has released 30 albums.
Etta James has been taken off a breathing machine and could soon be released from an intensive care unit, according to reports.
The 73-year-old soul singer's agent, Lupe De-Leon, has confirmed that she is "breathing on her own" but remains in a hospital in California, according to the Daily Mail.
James, who is terminally ill with leukaemia and was placed on a respiratory machine last month (December 24), but De-Leon said:
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The hospital is preparing Etta for release from ICU to a step down unit. She is stable and breathing on her own. Her blood pressure is normal.
However, the singer's son Donto James told CNN that he did not want his mother to be released from hospital despite the apparent improvement in her condition, stating: "She's all right. My brother and I would like to see her stay in the hospital a little longer until she gets more stable. Our main concern is for her to be taken care of right."
James, who is best known for her recordings of songs such as 'At Last' and 'Tell Mama', has been receiving 24-hour care from her live-in doctor Elaine James since her diagnosis. The singer's doctor has revealed that her patient is currently communicating with nods and simple words.
The singer has been in poor health for the past few years, also suffering from dementia and kidney failure.
Etta James was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and is the recipient of six Grammy awards.
Raised in Los Angeles, James began singing as a child at church and joined a doo-wop group in her early teens. Addicted to heroin throughout the '60s, she got clean in the mid-'70s and became one of the most respected singers in soul and blues. She has released 30 albums.
Terminally ill singer Etta James was released Thursday from a Southern California hospital, her manager said.
"She is home with her husband and family by her side," said Lupe De Leon. "Her condition remains stable."
James, 73, was hospitalized two weeks, battling the final stages of terminal leukemia and suffering from dementia. The "At Last" singer spent New Year's Eve watching the ball drop with her sons, Donto and Sametto James, in her hospital room, said Donto James, who played drums in his mother's Roots band for 15 years.
Paul Wright, a lawyer who represents the sons in their dispute with Etta James' husband over who makes decisions for her, said Sunday that the singer is "nearing the end of her time, but she's a tough lady."
The judge overseeing James' conservatorship approved an agreement last month in which husband Artis Mills is the conservator, but he must equally share "end of life" decisions with the sons, Wright said.
Mills is also limited in how much of her estate he can spend and he cannot "encumber her music catalog," Wright said
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