Iconic pop star Madonna faced a serious health scare that led to a transformative experience for her. During her recent performance at the Barclays Center on Saturday, she shared a heartfelt account of the incident with her audience.
Madonna vividly recalled the moment she woke up in the hospital’s intensive care unit, surrounded by her worried children.
The singer expressed deep gratitude towards a woman named Siobhan, who played a crucial role in her rescue after Madonna collapsed in a bathroom. “There is one very important woman who dragged me to the hospital … I passed out on my bathroom floor, and I woke up in the ICU,” Madonna recounted, acknowledging that Siobhan’s intervention saved her life.
Reports indicated Madonna collapsed due to intense rehearsal schedules and lengthy 12-hour sessions. Upon regaining consciousness, Madonna was greeted by the sight of her six children – Lourdes Leon, Rocco Ritchie, David Banda, Chifundo “Mercy” James, and twins Stella and Estere – gathered in the hospital lobby.
The rare family reunion, under such dire circumstances, led Madonna to joke about the extreme measures needed to bring her children together. However, the situation also prompted her to think deeply about her mother and the fears she must have faced about leaving her family behind.