Although the early reports were concerning, it quickly became clear that her health problem was considerably more serious than first believed.
After being taken to the hospital with a bacterial infection, the Queen of Pop was forced to postpone her much-anticipated Celebration Tour,
Which was supposed to start in Vancouver on July 15 and feature 53 performances of her greatest hits from 1983 to the present.
According to early accounts, Madonna was discovered unconscious on Saturday, June 24. She was then taken to a hospital in New York City, where she was intubated.
Shortly after the news surfaced, a Grammy-winning artist’s cousin told Entertainment Tonight that her family had been “preparing for the worst.”
“No one really knew which way this was going to go for the past couple of days, and her family was bracing themselves for the worst,” they claimed.
