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appalachiablue

(41,127 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:28 PM Apr 2020

Update On John Prine From His Wife Fiona Prine

- 'John Prine remains in ICU with pneumonia in both lungs, his wife says,' - LAT, Friday, April 3, 2020.

As John Prine remains in the hospital fighting COVID-19, his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine, tweeted an update Thursday night that went into some detail about what’s going on with the esteemed 73-year-old Americana singer-songwriter.

“This is John’s 8th day in ICU,” she wrote in a lengthy Twitter thread. “He is receiving excellent medical care and being treated with kindness and compassion by the entire team looking after him day and night. I cannot be with him which makes this nightmare all the more distressing.” — Fiona Whelan Prine (@FionaPrine) April 3, 2020

Prine, who was put on a ventilator Saturday, has pneumonia in both lungs and “still needs quite a bit of help with his breathing,” Whelan Prine wrote. Some peripheral issues are being treated with medications including antibiotics.

The two-time Grammy winner, who was also given a lifetime achievement Grammy this year, was hospitalized March 26 after a “sudden onset” of COVID-19 symptoms.

“He is very ill and yet I remain hopeful that he can continue to fight this devastating virus and come home where we can care for him. I don’t have the words to adequately Thank You all for the outpouring of love and prayers that John and our family have received this last week,” she wrote, asking fans to please continue to send positive energy to her husband.

- John Prine, still hospitalized with COVID-19, is now stable, his wife says, March 30, 2020

Whelan Prine, who is in her early 50s, also contracted the coronavirus but said Monday that she was recovering. The couple has been married since 1988...

More, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-04-03/john-prine-health-update-coronvirus

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Update On John Prine From His Wife Fiona Prine (Original Post) appalachiablue Apr 2020 OP
Love for John Prine bluescribbler Apr 2020 #1
What a heartfelt message, thanks for sharing it. appalachiablue Apr 2020 #2

bluescribbler

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1. Love for John Prine
Sat Apr 4, 2020, 10:12 PM
Apr 2020

In her livestream concert tonight from her Nashville studio, Mary Gauthier gave a huge shoutout to her longtime friend and mentor and even sang one of his songs. It was a beautiful moment.

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