Shania Twain says she was \u0022pretty much dying\u0022 during a terrifying battle with COVID pneumonia.
The 57-year-old singer – who is asthmatic – has reflected on her “really bad bout” with the coronavirus and admitted the situation was “very threatening as she found herself fighting for her life when her health took a scary turn for the worse.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
She recalled: “That’s the sad thing… I think it was more the staff around me were really, really good. “They didn’t tell me how many more days of plasma therapy that I could not respond to before I was now then on a respirator. On my way out. You know?” Thankfully, the country pop icon was able to make a recovery and she later met a minister who reminded her about how important breathing is, and this in turn inspired her songwriting.
She has penned a new track about the experience, and explained: “[It’s about] all the things that you can do with air that we take for granted – all the things that you can celebrate, like blowing bubbles and flying balloons and throwing your hands up in the air.”
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