“He feels like he’s coming back from the dead”: Donny Osmond, 63, details paralysis after contracting back infection after back surgery and collapses in miraculous recovery
- In 2019, the icon of the seventies discovered that the spine had changed due to dance injuries that happened under the knife, before contracting an infection.
- The infection left him unable to move and he was temporarily paralyzed
- Attributing a strong mindset and his Mormon faith to help him recover, Donny confessed that he felt as if he had “returned from the dead.”
- Donny made her singing and television debut at the age of five, on a 1963 show on The Andy Williams Show, in which she performed with her siblings.
Donny Osmond has detailed his health problems after he was temporarily paralyzed after back and neck surgery in 2019.
The icon of the seventies, 63, revealed to Mirror that after discovering that his spine had moved due to dance injuries, he passed under the knife, before contracting an infection while recovering. , which left him unable to move.
Attributing a strong mentality and his devout Mormon faith to help him recover, Donny confessed that he feels as if he has “returned from the dead” now that he has returned to the stage for a residency in Las Vegas with all the singing and dancing. .
Shock: Donny Osmond has detailed his health problems after being temporarily paralyzed after back and neck surgery in 2019 (image in October 2019)
Donny’s health issues began drastically as he performed the last issue of his Las Vegas show with his sister Marie in November 2019.
The duo was finishing their residency at Donny & Marie at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, after 11 years and 1,730 performances, when the horror surfaced.
He revealed: “I couldn’t feel my arms and suddenly my legs too. I didn’t tell anyone what was happening to me … I kept dancing and I finished the show. ‘
The incident caused Donny to discover his spinal change from numerous injuries, including his stint in Dancing On The Stars in 2009, which resulted in surgery on his back and neck, which sadly ended. in horror.
Sweet: Donny appears with his wife Debbie, whom he claims to have helped with his recovery, in June
Back then: Donny and Marie sang sensations in the seventies
He said, “I thought everything would be fine, but it couldn’t get any worse. I had a secondary infection which meant I couldn’t move.
While he admitted he feared he would never walk again, he wanted to recover completely and has now recovered so surprisingly that he returned to Las Vegas for his residency at Harrah’s Showroom at Harrah’s.
Speaking of his return to the stage after this pain and suffering, he admitted that he himself cannot be believed to have returned.
It was then: the icon of the seventies, 63, revealed to Mirror that, after discovering that his spine had moved due to dance injuries, he passed under the knife, before contracting an infection. while recovering, leaving him unable to move (2019 image)
Stars: Donny and Marie appear in the photograph in 1970
He said, “Last night’s show was wild … the amount of dancing and singing and all. I started from below zero, but I think I would come back from the dead. Now I’m in no pain, maybe until and all stronger than before.
His back surgery is not the only health problem Donny has had, after in 2017 he was also forced to undergo vocal cord surgery.
Doctors discovered a hemorrhagic polyp in Donny’s right vocal cord during a checkup. The polyp, also known as a bleeding lesion, will require surgery.
Star: Donny made his singing and television debut when he was just five years old, in a 1963 show on The Andy Williams Show, in which he performed with his older brothers (Donny appears in 1973)
Donny made his singing and television debut when he was just five years old, on a 1963 show on The Andy Williams Show, in which he performed with his older brothers.
Notably, Donny collaborated with Marie on albums and a variety show from the 1970s that spanned from 1976 to 1979.
Subsequent work included the voice of Captain Shang in the 1998 Disney film Mulan, and the starring role in the musical, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, both on stage and in the 1999 film version. .