Phillip Phillips Surgery Is Not Today According to Girlfriend (UPDATE: High Fever Postpones Surgery?)

By On 05/29/2012 · 61 Comments · In American Idol

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TMZ reported last week that Phillip Phillips badly-needed kidney surgery would take place today.

Not so, tweeted Phillips girlfriend, Hannah Blackwell, yesterday:

Phillip’s surgery is not tomorrow. He will be fine when it is scheduled and is excited for tour. Thanks for your concern and respect.

If the surgery is not today, I imagine that it’s soon, because Phillip has postponed all of his post-Idol win promo appearances, including an appearance at the American Idol Experience at Disney World, and a week full of New York City appearances that included Live! with Kelly and the Today Show.

I’m sure TMZ will be filling us in with an update soon. *eyes roll*.

And…of course here’s the update from TMZ!

Phillip Phillips will NOT have kidney surgery today as scheduled, because he’s burning up with a fever … TMZ has learned.

As we first reported, Phillip has a serious congenital kidney condition that produces kidney stones so large they cannot pass. The condition has virtually debilitated his right kidney — requiring 8 prior surgeries.

Phillip has had a flare-up through almost the entire “American Idol” competition, requiring a stent that was surgically inserted two months ago — causing the singer extreme and continuous pain.

We’re told Phillip now has a bad sinus infection that has triggered a high fever. As a result surgeons will not operate.

We’re told the surgery has been rescheduled for early next week.

Until there is some official word, this is all speculation, of course. The important thing is that Phillip gets well soon!

 
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  • http://twitter.com/huskerfalcon THP

    He should have handed his win to Jessica?   

    Wow, that makes sense.   Not.

    He won!  Its not his fault that he has medical issues!  It is what it is.

  • Anonymous

    I know someone who has Phillip’s condition. This person has to have a surgery every two years, for life. Zapping with lasers does not work. Every two years this person takes two weeks off work for the surgery, and at the end of two weeks they are back at work and say they are feeling fine. This person has also had a stent, like Phillip’s, and said that they are irritating as hell. When TMZ said 8 prior surgeries, I thought they might mean over the course of Phillip’s whole life.

  • chessguy99

    This is standard procedure. I’ve had a couple of minor surgeries set back a week or two, due to having a blood test indicating a minor infection of some sort. Give him a Z-Pack and wait a week. No doctor is going to do non-emergency surgery unless they have optimal conditions. 

  • clearone

    Like someone else said, just get well Phillip.  My gosh how much does he have to go through before he can start to enjoy the wild ride he’s on?  It just seems so unfair.

    As for Hannah on Twitter, it is up to her and Phillip but he does have PR people now (no not TMZ!) I would imagine so let them handle the updates.  Sadly most learn the hard way when it comes to these things, though.  I would hope the PR people would advise them on what they thing would be best. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QPQ3BY4QAQ2WBIG3EP4JBX2LHY SamC

    ppl keep saying “i had kidney stones and it took one quick procedure and i was fine” p2 has more than just kidney stones. He was born with only one functioning kidney to begin with and his only working kidney has more problems than just the stones. He has to have reconstruction surgery. 

  • idolstruck

    I wish Phillip the best of health. Get well soon!

  • http://twitter.com/Fanchez318 Jessicas Street Team

    Pardon me for not caring. I did not tune into FOX to watch Discovery Health. 

  • http://twitter.com/Fanchez318 Jessicas Street Team

    Hopefully this means he’ll miss my tour date. 

  • iFoundIt

    He should of just handed his win to Jessica, just saw her on Live With Kelly and she did amazing as usual. 

    No, Season 11 is done. Phillip won. That’s not going to change. Instead of trying to compete with Phillip, what Jessica needs to do is focus on proving to Jimmy Iovine that she is worthy of a record deal for an album. Her runner status doesn’t guaranteed her an album the way it does Phillip. It would help if she
    got stronger ITunes numbers.

  • Axxxel

    I agree with you that this ordeal will give P2 lots of inspiration for his new songs… being in a hospital bed for a few days doing nothing… can be boring or an opprtunity to reflect about life and start thinking about creating new songs,….

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2K6LL4WPUTAY6TKG2VG3SYFA5M Erlinda

    If I have health issue and I win AI, I will take care of my health first because it is the most important thing, other things can wait unless there is really nothing there to worry in the first place.

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