00:00 Madonna feels lucky to be alive after being hospitalized.
00:07 The 64-year-old pop icon was hospitalized in the ICU for a bacterial infection about
00:11 a month ago, NBC News reports.
00:15 The health concern caused her to postpone her celebration tour.
00:18 However, she is back home and feeling better, a source told NBC News.
00:27 Madonna took to Instagram on July 30, saying, "Love from family and friends is the best
00:31 medicine."
00:32 "As a mother, you can really get caught up in the needs of your children and the seemingly
00:38 endless giving," Madonna said via Instagram.
00:40 "But when the chips were down, my children really showed up for me.
00:47 I saw a side to them I had never seen before.
00:50 It made all the difference."
00:53 In one of the Instagram pictures, Madonna was holding a Polaroid taken by Andy Warhol of
00:56 Keith Haring wearing a jacket with Michael Jackson's face painted on it.
01:01 "I sobbed when I opened this gift because I realized how lucky I am to be alive," she
01:07 said.
01:08 "And how fortunate I am to have known these people and so many others who are also gone.
01:15 Thank you to all my angels who protected me and let me stay to finish doing my work."
01:19 - Rod Waverly, The Daily Show with Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and Madonna.
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