Gretta Ray cancels all upcoming shows whilst recovering from "severe heart infection"

Earlier this month, Ray revealed she was hospitalised in London due to an unknown illness, but had the support of her family with her and was taking each day as it came. "Due to the seriousness of my condition my family are here in London taking care of me I am in good hands here in a really good hospital," she wrote.

Yesterday, she revealed that she is currently in recovery for a severe heart infection. “I wanted to let you know that the sickness I am recovering from is a rare disease called infective endocarditis – a severe infection in the heart that for me, caused a multitude of distressing repercussions,” she explained. “It happened very suddenly and frighteningly, and as a result, took a moment to be diagnosed. Nonetheless I am so, so lucky that I caught it early, and landed in such a great hospital here in London that took amazing care of me. I was then transferred to a second hospital – one that is famous for dealing with this particular disease.”

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Due to the seriousness of her recovery, Ray has explained that she needs to cancel all upcoming tour commitments as she will have to have surgery in the future.

"I imagine it will come as no surprise to you that unfortunately, I have cancelled all shows I had planned for the remained of the year to allow me the best chance of making a full recovery," she wrote. "The toll this has taken on my heart means that at some stage I will need to undergo surgery. For now, it's been a week since I finished a long course of intravenous antibiotics, and 2 weeks since I was discharged from hospital. Due to the fact that I am stable, the doctors have encouraged me to spend time regaining some strength and immunity outside the hospital. While I'm still dealing with some complications, it's already been healing being back out in the world. I just take it one day at a time."