In July 2022, Lainey Wilson asked her Instagram followers to reserve a few prayers for her father, per Country Now. Soon after, Wilson’s sister shared some concerning details about his health status. “Update on dad: Last night the ENT confirmed dad has fungus,” wrote Wilson’s sister on Facebook (via Country Now). “The MRI showed that it had not spread to the brain, however [it] has invaded some capillaries.” She continued, “In an attempt to get rid of the fungus, they have put him on antifungal medicine and he was scheduled to have surgery around noon today. That has since changed.” Her father’s condition was also complicated by diabetic ketoacidosis, but he eventually got the necessary surgery he needed.
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Unfortunately, Wilson’s father still wasn’t in the clear yet, according to Wilsons’s October Taste of Country interview. “He spent two months in a hospital from a fungal infection that completely took out the left side of his face,” revealed Wilson. “They had to remove his eye and they had to remove some bones in face. He had a stroke on top of all of that. He had nine surgeries in a month and a half. He’s not supposed to be here.”