Demi Lovato ready to head to rehab
The 25-year-old suffered complications after her overdose but is expected to leave the hospital soon
Demi Lovato’s next step after a lifeendangering overdose that put her in the hospital last month appears to be a return trip to rehab. “She will be released in the next few days and the plan is for her to go to rehab,” a source told E! News on Friday. “She is starting to grasp the severity of what happened and that she almost died.”
Though Lovato previously got treatment in Illinois, it’s unclear where she’ll be treated this time around.
Also, it turns out the 25-year-old’s bodyguard might have saved her life during the July 24 overdose.
The bodyguard administered some sort of first aid on the non-responsive singer, elevating her head and possibly clearing her airway to allow her to breathe until paramedics arrived, TMZ reported on Friday.
The bodyguard had walked into a tumultuous scene in Lovato’s home, the website’s sources said, with blood on the singer’s pillow, vomit present and Lovato’s assistant screaming, “She’s dead! She’s dead!”
It’s unclear what drug or drugs she was using that night, as Lovato was reportedly uncooperative with authorities after she was revived at the scene.
The Sorry Not Sorry singer still wasn’t doing well last weekend, days after being taken the hospital, People reported earlier this week, but she was still expected to make a full recovery.
Lovato suffered complications — a fever and signs of an infection — in the days following the apparent OD, but according to several outlets she is expected to leave Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this weekend. “Right now everyone is focused on getting Demi physically healthy,” a source close to Lovato told People a few days ago.