Madonna considers herself lucky ‘to be alive’ after hospital stint

A month after being hospitalised with a bacterial infection American singer and actor Madonna has spoken about how her loved ones are assisting her in healing CNN reportedldquoLove from family and friends is the best Medicine One month out of the hospital and I can reflectrdquo Madonna wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday alongside a series of photos of two of her six childrenView this post on InstagramA post shared by Madonna madonnaShe went on to say that as a mother itrsquos easy to get ldquocaught up in the needs of your childrenrdquo but that when she got sick ldquomy children really showed up for merdquoShe added ldquoAs a Mother you can really get caught up In the needs Of your children and the seemingly endless givinghelliphelliphellip But when the chips were down my children really showed up for me I saw a side to them I had never seen before It made all the differencerdquoldquoSo did the love and support from my friends If you zoom into this Picture I am holding You will see A Polaroid taken by Andy Warhol of Keith Haring wearing a jacket with Michael Jacksonrsquos face painted on it A perfect triangle of BrilliancerdquoMadonna and Carlos Leon have one daughter Lourdes Leon and one son Rocco Ritchie with director Guy Ritchie She also has four adopted children David Banda Chifundo ldquoMercyrdquo James and twins Stella and EstereMadonna also expressed gratitude in her post to her friend and longtime manager Guy Oseary who gave her a Polaroid of Keith Haring ldquowearing a jacket with Michael Jacksonrsquos face painted on itrdquo which she claimed was taken by Andy WarholShe wrote ldquoArtist who touched so many lives including my own I sobbed when I opened this gift because I realized how lucky I am to be alive And how fortunate I am to have known these people and so many others who are also gone Thank you guyoseary for this gift And Thank you to all my angels who protected me and let me Stay to finish doing my workrdquoMadonna wrote that she sobbed when she received Osearyrsquos giftOseary revealed in June that Madonna was in the intensive care unit due to a serious bacterial infectionLater CNN reported that the lsquoVoguersquo singer had been released from the hospital and was recovering at homeThe Grammy winner announced earlier this month that the start of her international lsquoCelebrationrsquo tour would be moved to OctoberThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever