Last week, hard rockers Stryper announced that their guitarist Ox Fox would be sitting out the band’s upcoming acoustic tour. “We want to share an important update regarding our guitarist, Oz Fox,” the band wrote.
“Many of you might remember the challenges Oz faced back in 2018 when doctors found two tumors in his brain. After a couple of successful surgeries, we were all hoping that was behind him. Unfortunately, a recent routine scan brought some disappointing news – there is a concern in the same area where he had the operation before, and Oz’s medical team thinks another surgery is needed as part of his treatment.”
“As we all know, every operation comes with risks, but the doctors say this one should be less invasive than the first, so we are staying positive. In light of this news, we have had to make some tough decisions as we gear up for our first acoustic tour – ‘To Hell With The Amps’. It is with a heavy heart that we share that Oz will not be able to join us on this run.”
Over the weekend, however, Fox shared some good news as he revealed he was released from the hospital following what he and his doctors hope was a successful surgery.
“Thank you for your prayers,” Fox and his wife shared on Facebook Live. ”Thank you for your support… And now I’m gonna recover in the hotel next door for a few days. And then I’ll have a meeting with my doctors later, see how things are going and see what they have to say. And I’ll be up and around as soon as I can. We’re gonna probably head back to Vegas probably in about a week — roughly.”
“We definitely were surprised to hear that everything… They came in this morning and said, ‘Hey, we’re gonna release you.’ And we’re, like, ‘Are you kidding me?'” he continued. “They had to do two scans on me. They did a scan where it was a regular MRI. They couldn’t see as many details with that, so they had to do a CT scan on me ’cause they saw something that looked suspicious or whatever for bleeding. I guess they decided it was okay and saved for me to leave. Just a quick analogy, the spot where they saw something growing was floating in some brain fluid and it wasn’t attached to anything on my brain, which is really great. They still have to analyze it. But we’ll see how things go as time goes on and what they say.”
