Joan Rivers on life support as daughter Melissa remains ‘in denial’ about mother’s condition: sources

No decisions will be made about the comedienne’s future for the next few days, according to a report.

BY Caitlin Nolan , Heidi Evans , Larry Mcshane / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS /

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2014, 4:09 PM / Updated: Sunday, August 31, 2014, 11:16 AM

Joan Rivers was on life-support Saturday as her daughter, family and friends kept an increasingly grim vigil at a Manhattan hospital.

The 81-year-old Rivers, initially placed in a medically induced coma after going into cardiac and respiratory arrest on Thursday, was dependent on the machines to keep her alive, TMZ.com reported.

Sources told the Daily News that Rivers’ daughter, Melissa, is “in denial” over her mother’s condition.

“She still thinks everything is going to be OK. She is refusing to admit that a world might exist without her mother in it,” said a source close to the Rivers family.

“Others that are close to Joan are starting to realize that the outcome they want is very unlikely.”

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