Etta James Hospitalized, Continues to Fight for Her Life

Etta James is fighting for her life, after being hospitalized Wednesday. The singer was experiencing difficulty breathing, Lupe De-Leon, her manager, told Reuters on Friday.

E! reports the news follows her doctor’s admission that she had been battling leukemia, dementia and kidney failure for several years. The singer is considered terminally ill.

Her doctor continued to reveal that medical experts have told James that her chronic leukemia was incurable.

James was reportedly still on a breathing machine and resting, as of Friday evening.  De-Leon considers the singer in “pretty bad shape” and told reporters he is unsure if she will be released from the hospital.