{"id":1881,"date":"2025-10-10T05:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2025-10-10T05:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:44:17","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-reveals-she-was-up-all-night-praying-after-dolly-delays-shows-over-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s Sister Reveals She \u2018Was Up All Night Praying\u2019 After Dolly Delays Shows Over Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton\u2019s sister is calling on fans to keep the country legend in their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Just one week after the Nashville icon announced she was postponing her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency due to undisclosed health issues, her sister took to\u00a0Facebook\u00a0per\u00a0<em>PEOPLE\u00a0<\/em>to share an emotional update.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. \u201cShe\u2019s strong, she\u2019s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she\u2019s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!\u201d Dolly\u2019s sister, Freida Parton, posted on October 7.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47830\" src=\"https:\/\/todaydailytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ob-readmore-th-position\">On Sept. 28, Dolly Parton, 79, announced she would\u00a0postpone her Las Vegas\u00a0residency by nearly a year to prioritize her health. The country legend revealed she is undergoing several medical procedures and needs time to recover before returning to the stage. She explained that she wants to deliver the high-quality show her fans deserve and plans to come back stronger once cleared by her doctors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47831\" src=\"https:\/\/todaydailytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Parton was originally set to begin her limited engagement at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in December \u2014 her first extended Las Vegas run in more than three decades. The residency will now launch in September 2026.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dolly Parton's sister asks for prayers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qKRRFHv_sjY?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Parton has not revealed the specifics of her current health condition, though she recently had to withdraw from a Dollywood appearance after being diagnosed with a kidney stone that reportedly caused significant discomfort, according to the BBC. In a video message shared with fans during the September 17 event, the singer explained that the stone had led to an infection, and her doctor advised her to rest and avoid travel until she recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Her health setback comes during an already challenging year for the music icon, who lost her husband of 58 years,\u00a0Carl Dean, in March at the age of 82.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton\u2019s sister is calling on fans to keep the country legend in their prayers. Just one week after the Nashville icon announced she was postponing her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency due to undisclosed health issues, her sister took to\u00a0Facebook\u00a0per\u00a0PEOPLE\u00a0to share an emotional update. \u201cLast night, I was up all night praying for my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1882,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/1882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tappyli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}