According to reports, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell was hospitalized in the intensive care unit Tuesday after someone found her unconscious at her home in Los Angeles.

A rep confirmed the news via Mitchell's verified Twitter account Tuesday evening.

Mitchell—who contracted polio and scarlet fever as a child—was reportedly diagnosed with a strange disease called Morgellons in 2010.

"Fibers in a variety of colors protrude out of my skin like mushrooms after a rainstorm," Mitchell said in a 2014 interview. "They cannot be forensically identified as animal, vegetable, or mineral."

According to the New York Daily News, Mitchell regained consciousness in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and is currently recovering in the ICU.

UPDATE 2:00 a.m.: Mitchell's Twitter account reports the singer is "awake and in good spirits."

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