Fans are eagerly awaiting updates about Celine Dion's health as she continues to privately battle Stiff Person syndrome at home in Las Vegas.
Her sister Claudette has now given a fresh perspective into the My Heart Will Go On singer's health, revealing that Celine – who was forced to indefinitely postpone her Courage world tour after being diagnosed with the rare muscle spasm condition – is still singing, and thankfully her voice is as angelic as ever.
In a recent interview with Canada's 7Jours, Claudette declared: "Those who claim my sister's voice has disappeared are wrong. She has sung me several notes over the phone and her voice is still the same. I was so happy and reassured to hear it.
"We're sending our little sister all our love, and she is confident, just like I am, that she is capable of overcoming this ordeal."
© GettyShe also told the journalist, who bumped into her at an event in Quebec last month, that Celine is doing "as well as she can be".
"We know that her illness is particularly difficult to treat, but she's surrounded by a big team of specialists and she's working hard at it. I have full confidence in the medical team, my little sister is incredibly strong and she is doing OK," she reassuringly said.
© Celine Dion InstagramClaudette recently sat down with HELLO! Canada and shared further insight into what Celine is experiencing on a daily basis.
"It's an illness we know so little about," Claudette said, reflecting on symptoms linked to the syndrome. "There are spasms – they're impossible to control.
"You know who people often jump up in the night because of a cramp in the leg or the calf? It's a bit like that, but in all muscles," she says, dismayed. "There's little we can do to support her, to alleviate her pain."
In late 2021, Celine was forced to cancel her Las Vegas shows before canceling the North American leg of her Courage world tour for the same reason, saying: "I was really hoping that I'd be good to go by now, but I suppose I just have to be more patient and follow the regimen that my doctors are prescribing."
© GettySharing the shock news of her official diagnosis in an emotional video on social media in December 2022, Celine revealed she was experiencing spasms affecting "every aspect of my daily life".
The vocal powerhouse also revealed the disorder was "not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I'm used to."
Celine – who is a devoted mother to her sons René-Charles, 22, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 12, whose father is her late husband René Angélil – has been lying low in her Vegas home ever since, supported by her sister Linda.
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