Natalie Cole Hospitalized With Hepatitis C (Pics)
Posted on September 19, 2008
Singer Natalie Cole has been hospitalized in New York, due to her Hepatitis C. A family member of Natalie Cole’s told ET that, “She’s had a setback and has gone into the hospital.” Natalie Cole’s hepatitis C was most likely contracted during her drug use when she was younger.
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Natalie Cole, who recently revealed she had hepatitis C, has been hospitalized due to side effects from her medication and her heavy schedule.
The Grammy-winning singer, Cole, has been in a New York City hospital since Sept. 12, and is expected to stay there for several more days, according to publicist Maureen O’Connor of the firm Rogers & Cowan.
Natalie Cole announced in July that she was suffering from hepatitis C, a liver disease, which is spread through contact with infected blood. Cole revealed that the hepatitis C was discovered during a routine medical exam, and was most likely caused by her drug use years ago.
O’Connor said Cole had been responding well to treatment, but blamed the medicine she has been taking and a busy publicity schedule to promote her new album, “Still Unforgettable,” with causing her problems. Cole had taped several TV appearances and had appeared live on NBC’s “Today” show on Sept. 11, a day before her hospitalization.
Cole is expected to be in the hospital for a few more days and then will return to her home in Los Angeles, where she will be on bedrest, O’Connor said.
“We canceling her activities in October, but we do expect her to have a complete recovery,” she said. “She just needs some rest.”
O’Connor said Cole has been well enough to talk on the phone everyday, but didn’t have much information on her condition.
Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, has sold millions of albums in her own long career.
Natalie Cole had been interviewed last week by Entertainment Tonight, discussing her long battle with Hepatitis C. Cole said, “This is a virus that was dormant in my body for 25 years. I had no symptoms, was feeling great, working out like a crazy person — and this just keeled me over, like a feather.”
At the time of their interview, Natalie Cole was still being treated for the disease.
“What I have is treated with chemo … every week,” she says, adding that she experiences the traditional side effects from the treatment, such as nausea and her hair falling out.
Let’s hope Natalie Cole’s health will improve very soon.
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