Canadian country singer Cadence Grace, who has waged a battle with an aggressive blood cancer, is back in hospital.
“Guess who needs both her hips replaced? This lucky gal right here,” the 35-year-old revealed in a Facebook post. “The femoral head on the left became necrotic and enough of the bone died that it won’t stay in the socket. The right hip is following suit right behind, it’s already 50% necrotic.”
Grace said the steroids that were part of her treatment also caused bone decay in her jaw and spine, as well as cataracts.
The singer was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia in February 2018 during a routine physical ahead of a scheduled yoga retreat in Nicaragua. After suffering complications from chemotherapy, she underwent a bone marrow transplant in April 2019.
In the months that followed, Grace fought GvHD, a condition where the donor marrow attacks the body.
On her Love & Leukemia blog, Grace writes candidly, with bravery and humour, about her experiences. In a post last month, she explained that she has learned how to live “in the now.”
In March 2019, homegrown country artists came together for the Country Kicks Cancer’s Ass benefit show in Toronto to raise funds for Grace and a GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $24,000 to help Grace and her husband of four years, Bill Ashton, with expenses.
Grace released solo albums Worth Fighting For and Unbreakable before becoming one-third of country group Runaway Angel (with Ann Chaplin and Stacey Zegers), which has released the albums No End In Sight and ZERO.