Muni Long Undergoes Double Lung Transplant After Doctors Gave Her One Week to Live, Recovers

Muni Long says she underwent a double lung transplant after doctors warned she had one week to live following severe pneumonia contracted on Brandy Norwood and Monica Denise Arnold's The Boy Is Mine Tour.The Grammy-winning singer, diagnosed with lupus in 2014, reports a rapid health decline that required hospitalization and a stabilizing procedure before surgeons performed the transplant.Six months after the operation and a subsequent vocal procedure, Muni Long says she is asymptomatic, infection-free and that her voice already sounds stronger during medical checks.She says she chose surgery for the sake of her 3-year-old son Tatum, urges Black women with lupus to prioritize self-care, and plans a cautious return to performing in six to twelve months.
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