The 68-year-old soul-songstress said of her experience, "God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the city and the country.”
Reasons for the surgery, which took place in Detroit, remain undisclosed, but Franklin was ordered by her doctors last month to cancel all her concerts and personal appearances to May, 2011, according to Reuters.
The multi-Grammy-Award-winner had a run of hits with such songs as R.E.S.P.E.C.T., Chain of Fools, Baby I Love You, I Say a Little Prayer, and several others earning her the title Lady Soul, which has arguably never been contested.
Franklin's roots ran deep in gospel while growing up in the 1950s in Detroit, and the city paid its living legend due respect.
On Thursday afternoon, the Detroit Free Press cited her cousin Brenda Corbett as saying that Franklin was “in good spirits and resting comfortably.”
City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson had organized a prayer vigil for her on Wednesday in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue by Detroit City Hall.
"We are not prying into the circumstances, the details of the surgery," Watson said. "We just wanted her to know that we stand with her in prayer and love and support."
