The singer is set to return to her Las Vegas residency in August with a new act, having taken a year off to help care for René during his second battle with cancer.
Celine Dion opens up about her husband’s throat cancer battle. Copyright [ABC News]
The brave couple, who have three sons together, are facing the battle head on and working through each day as it comes.
Celine, 46, explained to ABC News reporter Deborah Reports that because René’s treatment means he cannot eat probably, she feeds him through a tube.
She said: “He can’t eat so I feed him.
“He’s got a feeding tube. I have to feed him three times a day.”
Celine got very emotional as she discussed René’s cancer. Copyright [ABC News]
She added that the family are bravely “taking life one day at a time. [But] we are choosing to live.”
Celine and 73 year old René, married in 1994 after knowing each other for 14 years and have three sons: René Charles, 14, and fraternal twins Eddy and Nelson, 4.
Celine helped René through his first battle with throat cancer in 1999.
She’s been on an indefinite break from her resident at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, since last summer.
Celine will return to her Las Vegas residency this summer. Copyright [ABC News]
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She also aded
“I sing…that’s the only thing I know.”