Demi Lovato‘s motherDianna De La Garzais opening up for the first time about theharrowing overdosethat left the singer fighting for her life last July.
La Garza, who hasdetailed her family’s struggles in her memoirFalling with Wings: A Mother’s Story, says she first learned of the health crisis through a phone call from Lovato’s then-assistant, Kelsey Kershner.
De La Garza continued, “[Kershner] stopped for a second, and she said, ‘She’s conscious but she’s not talking.’ And so I knew that we that we were in trouble.”
The shock rendered her unable to drive herself to the hospital, so De La Garza tapped her eldest daughter Dallas to take them to Lovato’s room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Over the next few days, while her daughter was held in critical condition, De La Garza says she relied on her faith to help her though. “We just didn’t know for two days if she was going to make it or not.”
In addition to the swift work from medical professionals, De La Garza credits Lovato’s survival to “the millions of prayers that went up that day.”
Lovato, 26, remained in the hospital for more than a week before she wasreleasedon Aug. 4 to enter an in-patient treatment facility.
“I can honestly say today that she is doing really well. She’s happy, she’s healthy,” says De La Garza. “She’s working on her sobriety and she’s getting the help she needs, and that in itself encourages me about her future and about the future of our family.”
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The former child star hasstruggled with addiction, mental illness and disordered eatingfor years. In 2010, Lovato entered treatment, where she sought help for bipolar disorder, bulimia, self-harm and addiction. She relapsed after she left the treatment center, then entered a sober living facility for a year.
Lovato revealed shecelebrated six years of sobrietyin March. But just three months later, she opened up about a recent relapse when she released her autobiographical new single“Sober”on June 21.
In late August, one month after her overdose,a source told PEOPLEthat Lovato was “doing great,” while also adding: “This is a long road.”
source: people.com
