Celine Dion’s Sister Says Singer “Doesn’t Have Control Over Her Muscles” – Update
19.12.2023 - 15:31
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UPDATE: Grammy winner and international icon Celine Dion is “working hard,” but “doesn’t have control over her muscles,” her sister Claudette has told Canadian media. Dion earlier this year canceled all tour dates through 2024 due to a rare neurological disease called Stiff-Person Syndrome.
Claudette, however, sounded a somewhat positive note: “In our dreams and hers, the goal is to return to the stage. In what capacity? I don’t know.”
She continued, “The vocal cords are muscles, and the heart is also a muscle. This is what gets me. Because it’s a one out of a million case, the scientists haven’t done that much research because it hasn’t affected that many people.”
Family charity Fondation Maman Dion has been inundated with messages of support for the star. Said Claudette, “Some people have lost hope because it’s an illness that isn’t well known. If you knew the number of phone calls the Foundation receives about Celine! People tell us they love her and are praying for her.”
PREVIOUS, Sept. 1: Singer and international superstar Celine Dion, who earlier this year canceled all tour dates through 2024 due to a rare neurological disease called Stiff-Person Syndrome, continues to suffer uncontrollable and painful muscle spasms, her sister tells a Canadian publication.
In a new interview with Hello! Canada magazine, Claudette Dion called her sister “a strong woman” who is “doing everything to recover” from the illness, but with no known cure the family can do little but hope medical researchers evetually “find a remedy for this awful illness.”
“It’s an illness we know so little about,” Claudette Dion tells the publication. “There are spasms – they’re impossible to control. You know who people often jump up in the night