LONDON — The father of Amy Winehouse says his daughter is suffering from emphysema and he fears that she could be "dead in three months."
"The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs it won't just ruin her voice, it will kill her," Mitch Winehouse tells the Daily Mail.
The 24-year-old singer remains hospitalized after she was rushed to the hospital last Monday after fainting at her London home. Her father says doctors have determined the severity of the Grammy-winner's current condition.
"The doctors have said that if she had continued the way she was going she could have ended up an invalid — she wouldn't have been able to breathe," he explained.
"With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She's got 70 percent lung capacity," he added.
The "Rehab" singer is reportedly "eating like a horse" and determined to turn her life around following the prognosis, which includes being forced to wear a permanent oxygen mask in order to survive if she doesn't follow medical advice.
"The only thing that can go into her lungs are fresh air," her father says. "She faces a stark choice — either she sticks to it or she won't sing again."
"She understands she has to change. All she wants to do now is to sing," he added.
Mitch Winehouse also made a plea with everyone in his daughter's social circle to stay away.
"I'm saying to those drug dealers, and they know who they are, if they are supplying crack to Amy, then they've got to take responsibility. I don't want her hanging out with her mates like Pete Doherty either," he said.
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