Luis Miguel Fuentes is one of the most prominent vallenato singers in the genre, with more than 25 years of musical career in which he has earned the affection of listeners thanks to his songs and live performances. The renowned singer born in Codazzi (Cesar) made the news on April 24 when it was reported that he was admitted to the emergency room at the Medellín clinic in the capital of Antioquia three days ago.
As confirmed by the medical reports at the time, his hospitalization was due to the detection of an infectious stomach abscess that required immediate intervention.
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Finally, on Tuesday, April 30, the interpreter of I still love her and My happiness He announced on his social networks that he had received a medical discharge and would continue his recovery from home. “After many days I thank God for this great evolution of this surgery. Also thank all those people who were attentive to the evolution of this process. Very soon we will see each other on stage, I love you very much,” the artist expressed on his Instagram account.
This Saturday, May 4, Fuentes spoke with Network of Snail Television and explained in detail everything that happened.
“I had an abscess below my navel. It turns out that when the doctor does the tests on me, he tells me that we have to operate immediately because it is growing internally. “Then it goes into the intestines.”he recalled.
Fuentes explained that his case was especially complicated, because if intervention was not done immediately or with the necessary rigor, the abscess could lead to peritonitis or an even more serious infection. “I thought it was a smaller surgery, but the doctor tells me ‘no, it’s four hours of surgery.’ “That’s delicate.”he pointed.
The surgery required two incisions in his abdomen, due not only to the size of the abscess, but also to the depth at which it was located.
Besides, The singer explained that the abscess was the product of poor healing from another intervention he underwent in 2023.. “They removed two hernias, and the doctor told me that I had a dangerous cavity, because there was no protection for the organs. It is something genetic, but when children cry a lot that cavity opens up,” he explained.
Because due to medical orders he had to rest completely for almost a month, the singer said that he was forced to cancel performances in the United States, Ecuador and Colombia.
One of the traits why the singer is so loved by his audience is his people skills, and in early 2024 he made it evident. The singer traveled to Sabaneta (Antioquia) and arrived at the home of Mario Gutiérrez, a man who was going to be euthanized, according to reports. Tropicana.
As a last wish, he asked that the song be projected on a screen. don’t cry for me, one of Fuentes’ signature songs. Her family not only fulfilled her wishes, but also managed to get Luis Miguel himself to be in the flesh, in front of her, singing it.
“Don Mario, we have come to sing to you, my brother.”exclaimed Fuentes as an introduction to his interpretation of the song, accompanied by his accordion player. The moment was especially emotional for his family, who accompanied him at that moment.
Even more surprising was that Fuentes took his will to fulfill Mario Gutierrez’s last wishes to the point that he accompanied his family during the wake, and there again he sang. don’t cry for methe song with which he wanted to say goodbye.
