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\n Photograph: Josh Brasted\/Getty Photographs for ESSENCE<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n Muni Lengthy, the two-time Grammy-winning R&B singer, simply shared a harrowing story about her well being on Good Morning America. Final fall, she needed to bear an emergency double lung transplant as a result of in any other case, she stated, docs advised her she had one week to stay.<\/p>\n Lengthy, who has Lupus, an autoimmune illness, stated that she bought pneumonia whereas on Brandy and Monica\u2019s \u201cThe Boy Is Mine\u201d tour. She stated that whereas she tried to maintain performing, the sickness continued to worsen. Finally, she stated, \u201cI couldn\u2019t even get away from bed to make my name time for the stage. And the final present, I simply barely made it, I used to be solely capable of do two songs.\u201d Lengthy\u2019s group and household inspired her to return residence and relaxation. She stated she got here residence for Thanksgiving after which awakened within the hospital, the place a big group of docs advised her she wanted a lung transplant instantly. Lengthy stated she requested how lengthy she needed to stay. \u201cAnd so they go, per week. One week,\u201d she stated. \u201cAnd my jaw dropped.\u201d She defined the docs needed her to grasp that this was no joke. \u201cYou want to select. You may both go to hospice or you may get these lungs.\u201d<\/p>\n Whereas Lengthy admitted she apprehensive what would occur to her lungs, she stated she considered her son, and determined to get the surgical procedure. Now, six-months submit surgical procedure, she stated she\u2019s doing \u201cfabulous.\u201d She even has new music popping out \u2014 which was recorded previous to her surgical procedure. We\u2019re simply glad she\u2019s okay now.<\/p>\n