The latest celeb to be struck down by the infamous swine flu???
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, formerly of TLC!
T-Boz has already had her fair share of medical problems: the R&B singer was diagnosed with sickle-cell anemia as a child as well as undergoing brain surgery in 2007 due to a benign tumor growing on her brain.
“My daughter and I had sore throats that lasted about three days, so we went to see an ear, nose and throat specialist,” Watkins explained to reporters.
She continued: “After examining us, he told me my daughter had the flu – and I had swine flu… I made arrangements right away for my daughter to stay with my mom… I had to stay in the house and away from everyone.”
But the H1N1 virus became more severe!
“It hit me really hard,” said T-Boz. “…I had a bad cough, and my ear was infected too. I got up to go to the bathroom and became winded.”
Watkins called her doctor immediately, who urged the singer to check herself into the hospital. The docs wrote T-Boz a prescription and gave her some fluids, and 12 days later, she was back in tip top shape.
Thank goodness!
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