Celine Dion’s Kids Have Been Her ‘Rock’ Amid Her Stiff-Person Syndrome Diagnosis

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A strong support system. Celine Dion’s three sons have been a source of comfort to her amid her diagnosis with stiff-person syndrome.“Her kids have been her rock … the twins are very mature for their age and René-Charles checks in and dotes on his mom all the time,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly, calling the Canada native, 54, “an eternal optimist.”The insider added: “Celine received this diagnosis fairly recently; she’s been suffering the symptoms for quite some time, but it always baffled her what was wrong.

It came as a shock, but she’s lost none of her fighting spirit and is comforted that at least she knows exactly what she’s dealing with now and there’s comfort that she can alleviate some of the symptoms by getting treatments that are specific for this condition.”Dion shares her sons — René-Charles, 21, and twins Nelson and Eddy, 12 — with her late husband, René Angélil.

The producer and talent manager died of throat cancer in January 2016. He was 73.The Grammy winner previously shared how the twins — who were 5 when their father passed — helped her feel close to Angélil after his death. “Every night, we kiss him good night,” the “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” artist said during a May 2016 appearance on ABC news. “Eddy starts.

Two fingers, one finger. And he said, ‘I love you Papa, so much. Happy Easter. Happy Halloween. Happy Christmas. … I love you so much.