Lynyrd Skynyrd's Johnny Van Zandt is thanking fans for their prayers and support after his youngest daughter Taylor was hospitalized last week.
On Sunday, Van Zandt shared an updated video about his condition and thanked everyone for the prayers and support.
He explained that Taylor was diagnosed with cavernoma, or cavernous malformation of the brain. This is a “collection of small, thin-walled, densely packed, irregular blood vessels.” According to the Mayo Clinic.
In Van Zandt's experience, they can leak blood from the brain or spinal cord and look like “clusters of grapes.”
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Johnny Van Zandt of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd has thanked fans for their prayers after his youngest daughter underwent emergency treatment for a brain tumor. (Scott Dudelson/Getty Images, Stagecoach)
“By your prayers and God's will, she is now resting in our home,” he said.
He wrote in the caption, “I'm so grateful to everyone who has sent me their concerns and kind words since the news of my daughter's death came out.I also want to thank everyone who has shown their understanding in canceling the show so I can be with my daughter.'' I'm also very grateful to my fans.” This past week has been a whirlwind of emotions, but reading everyone's hopeful messages and comments has really lifted my spirits. ”
“Through your prayers and God's will, she is now resting in our home.”
Van Zandt also asked people to continue praying for the band's bus driver, Brad Gibson, who is in intensive care following a scooter accident, and for those suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Helen.
“I know that so many of you are facing damage, devastation, and even loss right now in the aftermath of this storm. For those affected, things will be exactly as they were. “We may not be back, but I know the situation is starting to calm down. Let's all pray for those affected,” he wrote.
Van Zandt also asked for continued prayers for the band's bus drivers and those affected by Hurricane Helen. (R. Diamond/Getty Images)
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Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled the show Van Zandt's daughter “must undergo emergency surgery” in Alaska on September 24, she announced in a statement on social media.
They went on to announce additional cancellations for September shows in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled several performances in September due to Van Zandt's family emergency. (New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash, Jason Davis/Getty Images)
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Van Zandt announced this about Taylor: was undergoing treatment A mass was discovered on her brain just days after the band announced its cancellation.
After “feeling numbness on the right side,” Van Zandt went to the hospital and underwent a CAT scan, where doctors said they discovered a “mass in the brain” that had caused the bleeding and caused the numbness.
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Van Zandt said Taylor has an “amazing” neurology team and doctors. They added that although they do not believe it is cancer, “we are not out of the woods yet” as additional tests are scheduled.
“Please continue to pray for Taylor because we are in a much better position than we first thought. I can't thank you enough. It means everything to me and my family.”
