Madonna feels 'lucky to be alive' after health scare

Madonna has thanked her household and friends for their enactment aft she was hospitalised with a superior bacterial corruption past month.

The vocalist shared an update connected societal media saying she was fortunate to beryllium live aft her clip successful intensive attraction (ICU).

"When the chips were down my children truly showed up for me. It made each the difference," she said.

The 64-year-old had antecedently said she was "on the roadworthy to recovery" aft spending respective days successful the ICU.

She was owed to statesman a seven-month satellite circuit successful the coming weeks, but had to postpone it.

"Love from household and friends is the champion medicine. One period retired of the infirmary and I tin reflect," the popular prima said connected Instagram on Sunday.

"As a parent you tin truly get caught up successful the needs of your children and the seemingly endless giving. But erstwhile the chips were down my children truly showed up for me. I saw a broadside to them I had ne'er seen before."

Madonna went connected to convey her friends for their "love and support" successful the post, which features a photograph of her hugging her lad David and different posing beside her girl Lourdes.

She besides shared an representation of her holding a Polaroid photograph which she revealed was taken by Andy Warhol of Keith Haring wearing a overgarment with Michael Jackson's look painted connected it.

She described the 3 artists arsenic a "perfect triangle of brilliance" who "touched truthful galore lives including my own".

The vocalist thanked her manager Guy Oseary for the present, adding: "I sobbed erstwhile I opened this acquisition due to the fact that I realised however fortunate I americium to beryllium alive.

"And however fortunate I americium to person known these radical and truthful galore others who are besides gone."

The station concluded: "And convey you to each my angels who protected maine and fto maine enactment to decorativeness doing my work!"

In a erstwhile connection earlier this month, Madonna said her program was to reschedule her forthcoming North American concerts and statesman her Celebration Tour successful the UK successful October.

She had been owed to commencement the top hits circuit successful Canada connected 15 July. The European limb is scheduled to statesman with 4 nights astatine London's O2 Arena from 14 October.

In announcing the circuit backmost successful January, she told fans: "I americium excited to research arsenic galore songs arsenic imaginable successful hopes to springiness my fans the amusement they person been waiting for."

It was owed to beryllium her 12th tour, marking 40 years of engagement successful the euphony industry.

American mag Forbes lists her arsenic the 45th richest self-made pistillate successful the US with an estimated wealthiness of $580m (£460m) and says she has earned an estimated $1.2bn from tours.