Singer Jean-Pierre Ferland has regained his health. Hospitalized in February, the 88-year-old man returned home a few weeks ago and “is doing great,” said his wife Julie-Anne Saumur at the microphone of Sophie Durocher on her Tuesday show on QUB radio.
“He is really happy to find his bearings and his home. We are looking forward to spring. Jean-Pierre talks about it every day, he can’t wait to go outside to see his flowers, enjoy his land and his summer, ”she explained.
Quebecers had not heard from Jean-Pierre Ferland’s state of health since his hospitalization last February.
His wife wanted to reassure the general public by answering questions from Sophie Durocher, friend and biographer of the singer.A chance that we have.
Medication problem
She recalled that it was a medication problem that had made the singer abnormally agitated before his hospitalization.
“Something wasn’t working, so I called and they came to get him,” she says. It took a month and a week to analyze what was going on with him, because for a man of his age, this kind of adjustment takes a long time. It was very difficult for both of us. »
During his stay in the hospital, the singer missed his dog with whom he usually spends a lot of time. “I tried everything so that he could see her a little, but since the pandemic, pet therapy is no longer possible in hospitals, she laments. But the dog was in the car when he got out of the hospital, so he was happy. »
Visitors
Since his return to his home in Saint-Norbert, Jean-Pierre Ferland has had the pleasure of receiving visits from a few friends and some members of his family, including his brother who lives nearby. “It brought us closer,” says Julie-Anne Saumur.
The artist was happy to speak with his good friend Clémence DesRochers on the phone last weekend. “It was nice to hear them talking to each other like that.”
“He knows he is loved, everyone tells him, adds the one who says she is touched by the concern of the media and the public about the state of health of Jean-Pierre Ferland. People talk to him more than before. I tell him: it’s because he loves you my love. At the grocery store, people say to him: Jean-Pierre, you have changed my life, I love you! Even more than before. »
Last summer, on June 24, his birthday, Jean-Pierre Ferland had a bad fall. “A really silly accident,” his spouse then declared to the Log.
Blood had pooled around his lungs from the fall and had to be removed, forcing him to be hospitalized a few weeks later last August.
The singer’s last public outing dates back to December 17, when he attended the funeral of his friend, artist Jean Lapointe, at Saint-Viateur Church in Outremont. He then told the Log “to be very fit. »