Johnny Van Zant, the legendary frontman of southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has shared heartbreaking news about his daughter’s recent health scare.
Van Zant, 63, took to Facebook before the weekend to announce that her youngest daughter, Taylor, had been diagnosed with a brain mass.
The shocking news came just days after the band was forced to cancel several shows, citing a “family emergency.”
“First of all, I want to thank you all for praying for my family,” Van Zant said in the video. ‘I didn’t announce my daughter’s name because she is very private. In saying that, I think many of you know that she is my youngest daughter, Taylor.”
Van Zant explained that Taylor had suddenly started experiencing numbness on the right side of her body.
Johnny Van Zant (pictured), the legendary frontman of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has shared heartbreaking news about his daughter’s recent health scare.
Van Zant took to Facebook before the weekend to announce that her youngest daughter, Taylor (second from left), had been diagnosed with a brain mass.
The family then rushed her to the emergency room, where doctors discovered a mass on her brain, which had also caused internal bleeding.
“A couple of days ago, Taylor started feeling numbness on her right side,” he said. ‘He went to the emergency room, they did a CT scan and they found the only way to tell that it was a mass on his brain and that part of it was bleeding. That was causing the numbing part.
While doctors do not believe the mass is cancerous, Van Zant said more tests are being done and they are not out of the woods yet.
“In saying that, we’ve had it with a great neurology team and a group of doctors, and they don’t believe it’s (cancer),” he continued.
The shocking news came just days after the band was forced to cancel several shows, citing a “family emergency.”
‘So, that’s a good thing, but they’re still doing a lot of testing. We’re not out of the woods yet, but we’re in a much better position than we first thought.’
But the worrying news did not end there.
The rock star also revealed that his tour bus driver, Brad Gibson, is currently in the ICU following a freak accident while on a stop in Utah.
‘I have another; When it rains, it pours. “My bus driver, who has been with me for the last few months,” he said.
“He wrecked the scooter and hit his head, and he’s in the ICU. Brad Gibson is his name. I want Brad to recover, along with Taylor.
The rock star also revealed that his tour bus driver, Brad Gibson, is currently in the ICU following a freak accident.
“He has a lovely family, a young daughter, a great family and he has been a fantastic driver for us.” Good guy and a really freak accident; If you can say prayers, prayers, prayers for him.
“You know, the (Devil) tries to catch you by all means every time you start spreading his word, but we are not going to allow it,” he added. ‘We will fight him until the end. All he wants to do is cause us problems and hurt us.
‘So think about it, I’m not going to let that happen. I’m going to fight to the end with Jesus Christ.’