Robin Roberts, seen here on the set of "Good Morning America," is back home.
LOU ROCCO/ABC
A virus landed "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts back in the hospital, 60 days after her bone marrow transplant.
She blogged that it was a complication of the transplant she underwent in September.
"After about a week back in the hospital, I returned home Friday night," Roberts wrote on her ABC News blog Sunday. "A latent virus, many of us have, was not responding to medication and was pulling down my numbers. Our immune systems usually take care of a virus like this…but mine is only 59 days old."
The 51-year-old received her sister Sally Ann's donor cells on September 20 to treat the rare blood disorder myelodysplastic syndrome.
While returning to the hospital was difficult, she said she had the same medical staff taking care of her.
"The wonderful doctors, nurses and support staff lifted my spirits," she added. "It was comforting seeing them again. They assured me the majority of BMT patients have to be re-admitted to the hospital for various reasons.
"I decided to look at my brief stay as a 'tune up'…and then I would be back on the road to recovery. By the grace of God, I am!"
Roberts said doctors have since gotten the virus under control and said she's been "moved to tears" by all the support she's received from her "GMA" family and viewers.
On Tuesday, the show plans to air an interview Roberts did with her sister. The news show airs 7-9 a.m. weekdays on ABC, channel 8.
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