Farrah Fawcett Released From Sick Bay

Those tabloid reports that Farrah Fawcett is at death's door have been greatly exaggerated as the ailing sex symbol returns home for Easter

By Josh Grossberg Apr 10, 2009 12:24 PMTags
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Farrah Fawcett is home for the holiday.

The 62-year-old Charlie's Angels star was discharged Thursday afternoon from a Los Angeles-area hospital where she was being treated for internal bleeding that erupted following an alternative cancer procedure.

"She's walking and in great spirits and looking forward to celebrating Easter at home," her doctor, Lawrence Piro, told People. "Her home has been stocked with her favorite teas and food and she's looking forward to enjoying them."

Fawcett had been hospitalized since April 2 for a hematoma in one of the muscles in her abdominal wall, a condition which the doctor previously told E! News was not directly connected to the colorectal cancer she was first diagnosed with in 2006 that has since reoccurred.

Rather the blood clot resulted from what he described as "a small procedure" the '70s pinup had done at a clinic in Germany to address the cancer's spread to her liver and the hemorrhaging started during the nine-hour flight back to L.A.

"The pain from the hematoma has improved tremendously," Piro noted, adding that the thesp was escorted home by her longtime love Ryan O'Neal.

Neither Piro nor a spokesperson for Fawcett were available Thursday to confirm the report.

Thankfully, it's a far cry from tabloid tales that had Fawcett unconscious and on her "death bed," particularly after she was photographed in a wheelchair last week.

Those stories were subsequently shot down by her friend and producer, Craig Nevius, who released a statement earlier this week saying "there is hope" in an effort to allay the concerns of fans and cancer patients who had written her.

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