UPDATE June 28, 7:51 p.m. ET:
Despite comments to the contrary by her friend David Crosby on Friday, Joni Mitchell is in fact able to speak, according to a statement approved by her conservator and friend Leslie Morris posted on the musician's official website.
"Joni did in fact suffer an aneurysm," the statement reads. "However, details that have emerged in the past few days are mostly speculative. The truth is that Joni is speaking, and she's speaking well. She is not walking yet, but she will be in the near future as she is undergoing daily therapies. She is resting comfortably in her own home and she's getting better each day. A full recovery is expected."
You may leave your well wishes for Joni at WeLoveYouJoni.com, the news update on the official Mitchell site concludes.
News about legendary singer Joni Mitchell's condition has been scarce since she entered a rehab center after a reported aneurysm. On Friday, David Crosby offered an update on her health to the Huffington Post.
"Nobody found her for a while," said Crosby, appearing on "HuffPost Live." "She took a terrible hit. To my knowledge she is not speaking yet...She's going to have to struggle back from it the way you struggle back from a traumatic brain injury...She's a tough girl, and very smart. So, how much she's going to come back and when, I don't know, and I'm not going to guess."
Crosby and Mitchell have been close friends since the 1960s, noted Rolling Stone.
"I love her," he told the Huffington Post. "She's probably the best of us - probably the greatest living singer-songwriter."
Mitchell was found unconscious in her Los Angeles home on March 31 and admitted to a nearby hospital. It turns out that Mitchell suffered a brain aneurysm, a source revealed to Billboard in May.
Mitchell, 71, is known for a unique folk, jazz and pop style in songs like "Big Yellow Taxi," "Woodstock," "Both Sides Now" and "Chelsea Morning," as well as on classic albums including "Blue" and "Court And Spark."
