Joan Rivers was placed in a medically induced coma Thursday — just
hours after cracking jokes on stage about her own mortality.
Emergency workers pulled the unresponsive comic from an Upper East Side
doctor’s office where Rivers was in the midst of a procedure on her vocal
cords, sources told the Daily News. The comic and fashion critic was rushed
about 9:40 a.m. from Yorkville Endoscopy on E. 93rd St. to Mount Sinai
Hospital.
“I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for my
mother,” Rivers’ daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement Thursday night.
The daughter, 46, arrived at the hospital in a Chevrolet Suburban with
tinted windows just after 8 p.m. She entered through a shipping and receiving
gate and was whisked up to the 11th-floor luxe suites to see her mother.
“She is resting comfortably and is with our family,” Melissa Rivers
said. “We ask that you continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.”
The medical emergency was a shocking turn from the night before when
Rivers left ’em laughing during a standup show where she joked about her time
remaining on Earth.
She did a joke onstage, she goes, ‘I’m 81 — I could go at any moment,’”
recounted Shade Rupe, 45, who attended the Wednesday night show at the Laurie
Beechman Theatre. “‘I could fall over right here and you all could say, ‘I was
there!’”
The laughter was replaced Thursday by grave concern, as friends stood vigil
at the hospital and awaited Melissa Rivers’ arrival from California.
“We are scared,” a family source told The News. “This is not looking
good.”
Rivers, who was in critical condition late Thursday, will remain in a
coma until the weekend, when doctors will discuss with her daughter the damage
caused when her mother fell unconscious during a routine visit.
“They don’t know how long she was starved of oxygen,” a source said.
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