Jamie Foxx praised his sister and thanked her following his hospitalization for a mystery medical emergency.
In an Instagram post, the Oscar-winning actor wished his younger sister, Deidra Dixon, a happy birthday and thanked her for helping him while and after he was hospitalized last spring.
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“Happy birthday to my beautiful for sister @frequency11 ‘D’… you are magical you are beautiful you are the courageous lionesses #leoseason” Foxx captioned a gallery of photos of Dixon. “And without you I would not be here.
Jamie Foxx hugs his sister Deidra Dixon on Dec. 31, 2017 in Singapore. (Ore Huiying/Getty Images)
“Had you not made the decisions that you made I would’ve lost my life,” he added. I love you forever and ever happy birthday sis.”
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The birthday message is the first public comment from Foxx since a three-minute video he posted in July where Foxx said he was healing after the life-threatening ordeal while still withholding specifics of what exactly happened.
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“I went through something that I thought I would never ever go through,” he said. “I went to hell and back. And my road to recovery had some potholes as well. But I’m coming back.”
The “Miami Vice” and “Django Unchanged” star went into why he’s held that information close to the vest, saying, “to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that.”
“I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie [or a] television show,” he said. “I didn’t want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was gonna make it through.”
“I cannot tell you how great it feels to have your family kick in in such a way — and y’all know they kept it airtight, they didn’t let nothin’ out,” he said, crediting Dixon and daughter Corinne Foxx.
“I’m here on Earth because of some great people. I’m here on Earth because of God, man. I’m on my way back.”
Earlier in July, a source close to Foxx said he was still recovering after leaving the hospital in May and attending outpatient rehab in Chicago.
Foxx’s newest film “Strays” will be released later this month.
Jamie Foxx says sister’s decisions saved his life
