CNN –
Celine Dion’s sister has shared an update as the “Heart Will Go On” singer battles a rare health issue.
“She’s doing everything she can to recover,” Dion’s older sister Claudette told Hello! Canada on Thursday. “She is a strong woman.”
The Grammy winner’s family joins her as she battles stiff person syndrome, a rare condition that causes involuntary muscle spasms.
“It’s a disease we know so little about,” Claudette said. “There are cramps – they are impossible to control.
She added: “There is little we can do to support them and ease their pain.”
Dion announced in December last year that she had been diagnosed with the syndrome and was taking time off from work commitments to focus on her health.
And while she announced new music and appeared in a film alongside Priyanka Chopra in April, a source close to Dion told CNN in late May that she “will probably never tour again.”
This week Claudette said: “We’re keeping our fingers crossed that researchers find a cure for this terrible disease.”
The Canadian publication also said that Dion is living in Las Vegas, where she is working to regain her strength with a team of doctors and a sports medicine therapist.