Amy Winehouse Suffering From Early Stages of Emphysema

By: Shannon Gossage

Winehouse, 24, has been hospitalized since last Monday after fainting at her London home. Mitch Winehouse announced that his daughter is suffering from the early stages of emphysema, bus said she is "responding brilliantly to treatment." He said, "With smoking crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up. Thee are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She’s got 70 percent lung capacity." He also said, "When we got to the hospital a room was ready. Several doctors came in and checked to make sure she didn’t need any emergency treatment. They put her on a drip straight away because she was dehydrated. She said, ‘Don’t worry about me, dad. I know I’ve got to stop taking drugs now.’"

Mitch Winehouse said that she had been up for 48 hours straight before collapsing. Once she was admitted to the hospital she reportedly slept for three straight days. He said that she understands the severity of the situation and doctors have told her that if she goes back to smoking drugs it will kill her. Doctors have also warned that if she does not clean up her act she could need to wear an oxygen mask to breathe.

Winehouse has long struggled with addictions to both drugs and alcohol. In January a videotape of the Rehab singer allegedly smoking crack cocaine was released on the Internet. She checked into a rehabilitation facility, but then checked out two weeks later and returned to her old habits. Her father said Sunday that this is the time Amy needs to clean up her act. He said, "I’m saying to those drug dealers, and they know who they are, if they are supplying crack to Amy, then they’ve got to take responsibility." Maybe this is the wake-up call she needs.