After suffering a terrible eye infection that rendered him blind in one eye this summer, the 78-year-old Rocket Man singer revealed he is no longer able to watch his sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 11, participate in sports. 

 

After suffering a terrible eye infection that rendered him blind in one eye this summer, the 78-year-old Rocket Man singer revealed he is no longer able to watch his sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 11, participate in sports.

 

Elton John expressed his sadness at being unable to witness his sons Zachary and Elijah participate in sports.The award-winning musician acknowledged that it had been a “emotional” year and added that his husband, David Furnish, had helped him stay upbeat.”I can see you, but I can’t see TV or read,” he told The Times. I can’t witness my boys playing rugby and soccer, and it has been a very difficult period because I’m used to soaking it all up. It’s upsetting. I’m fortunate to have the life I do, therefore you have to learn to accept the fact that you feel emotional.”Elton added that he was lucky to be able to see out of his left eye.

 

“I still have my wonderful family, and I can still see something out of here [left eye]. So you say to yourself, just get on with it,” he said.Elton revealed last September that he has “limited eyesight” after getting a “severe eye infection” while on vacation in France. “Unfortunately, I have had a terrible eye illness during the summer, which has left me with only limited vision in one eye. He posted on Instagram, “I am healing, but it’s a very slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.” “My family and the wonderful group of physicians and nurses have taken such amazing care of me over the past few weeks, and for that I am incredibly thankful. I’ve been recovering quietly at home during the summer, and I’m pleased with the strides I’ve made in my recovery andIn November, Elton confessed during an appearance on Good Morning America that it had been “a while” since he’d been able to do anything, revealing his lack of vision was impacting his creativity.

 

Elton’s health woes

Aside from losing his eyesight in one eye, Elton has been affected by a number of health problems in recent years.

 

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 and underwent surgery to remove his prostate. While the surgery was successful, Elton contracted a major infection 10 days after the operation, which left him “24 hours from death”.

 

1. The celebrity received emergency care at London’s King Edward VII’s Hospital. “In the hospital, alone at the dead of night, I’d prayed: please don’t let me die, please let me see my kids again, please give me a little longer,” he said in his memoir. In addition to having both hip and knee replacements, the Tiny Dancer hitmaker had to postpone his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates in 2021 after undergoing surgery for a hip injury sustained in a fall. “I don’t have tonsils, adenoids, or an appendix,” he joked during the 2024 premiere of his documentary Never Too Late, demonstrating his unwavering optimism regarding his health issues. My prostate is absent. I have neither a left knee nor a right hip.