Joni Mitchell’s friend and conservator has revealed it was an aneurysm that sent the folk singer to hospital in March.

Leslie Morris acknowledged the aneurysm in a statement posted on Joni’s website on Sunday, providing the first significant details on the Big Yellow Taxi singer’s health status in the months since an ambulance was sent to her Los Angeles house to take her to the hospital.

Leslie said Joni, 71, is speaking while recovering at home and is expected to make a full recovery.

Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell (David Crotty/AP)

She wrote: “Joni did in fact suffer an aneurysm. However, details that have emerged in the past few days are mostly speculative. The truth is that Joni is speaking, and she’s speaking well. She is not walking yet, but she will be in the near future as she is undergoing daily therapies. She is resting comfortably in her own home and she’s getting better each day. A full recovery is expected.”

Leslie was appointed Joni’s conservator in May when a judge decided the singer couldn’t make health care decisions for herself and had no relatives who could serve as conservator.

Joni is a rock Hall-of-Famer who has won eight Grammies.