Christmas has come early for Jimmy Barnes, who is currently recovering in a Sydney hospital following open heart surgery.
The beloved singer’s wife Jane took to Instagram on Tuesday night to reveal he’ll be home in time for Christmas, surrounded by his nearest and dearest.
In a picture shared to the social media platform, Jimmy is seen sitting upright in a hospital chair looking pleased as punch in a green T-shirt.
Jane captioned the glorious image with some festive words.
‘On the 6th Day of Christmas my true love said to me… “the doctor says I can go home on Friday,”‘ she began.
![Early Christmas Joy: Jimmy Barnes Reveals Exciting Family News After Successful Open Heart Surgery 2 Christmas has come early for Jimmy Barnes, who is currently recovering in a Sydney hospital following open heart surgery. Pictured](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/19/13/79127649-12881191-image-a-12_1702992761109.jpg)
Christmas has come early for Jimmy Barnes, who is currently recovering in a Sydney hospital following open heart surgery. Pictured
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The beloved singer’s wife Jane took to Instagram on Tuesday night to reveal he’ll be home in time for Christmas, surrounded by his nearest and dearest
‘Jimmy will be home for Christmas, that’s the best present I could ever wish for,’ she continued, adding a praying hands emoji.
Jane’s heartfelt words were soon inundated with well wishes.
‘The bloke is a machine!’ wrote Channel Nine’s Richard Wilkins.
‘Amazing news. Love to you all xx,’ added Myf Warhurst.
Elsewhere, singer Tina Arena, TV host Julia Morris and Sunrise funnyman Sam Mac were quick to add their likes.
![Early Christmas Joy: Jimmy Barnes Reveals Exciting Family News After Successful Open Heart Surgery 6 'Jimmy will be home for Christmas, that’s the best present I could ever wish for,' wrote Jane, adding a praying hands emoji. Pictured](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/10/79079807-12876429-image-a-5_1702895040676.jpg)
‘Jimmy will be home for Christmas, that’s the best present I could ever wish for,’ wrote Jane, adding a praying hands emoji. Pictured
![Early Christmas Joy: Jimmy Barnes Reveals Exciting Family News After Successful Open Heart Surgery 8 The good news comes after Jane shared an image of Jimmy lying in his hospital bed proudly showing off his chest scar, which stretches the length of his sternum](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/10/79079749-12876429-image-m-2_1702894876150.jpg)
The good news comes after Jane shared an image of Jimmy lying in his hospital bed proudly showing off his chest scar, which stretches the length of his sternum
![Early Christmas Joy: Jimmy Barnes Reveals Exciting Family News After Successful Open Heart Surgery 10 Jane added words of caution in the caption, alongside a beautiful bouquet of roses](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/18/10/79079895-12876429-image-a-15_1702895321440.jpg)
Jane added words of caution in the caption, alongside a beautiful bouquet of roses
The good news comes after Jane shared an image of Jimmy lying in his hospital bed proudly showing off his chest scar, which stretches the length of his sternum.
The singer looks happy in the frame as he smiles at the camera, with a tattoo of his wife name visible on the left side of his torso.
Jane added words of caution in the caption, alongside a beautiful bouquet of roses.
‘[Graphic warning] Day 5 post cardiac and off with the dressing,’ she began.
‘Jimmy is trying to cheer me up and laughing at his own joke. Things are getting back to normal,’ she continued.
![Early Christmas Joy: Jimmy Barnes Reveals Exciting Family News After Successful Open Heart Surgery 12 The singer was recently rushed to ER following complications from bacterial pneumonia](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/14/23/78982553-12866251-image-a-39_1702596258689.jpg)
The singer was recently rushed to ER following complications from bacterial pneumonia