Liza Minnelli is resting comfortably in a California hospital after having back surgery earlier this week, The Associated Press reported.

The 68-year-old award-winning actress and singer thanked her fans for their support and well wishes.

"I am overwhelmed with the amount of love and caring that has been sent my way from all over the world," she said in a statement Wednesday, Sept .17. She is expected to make a full recovery.

Her back injury prevented her from performing most of the year. She was not also able to attend the funeral of her good friend Joan Rivers in New York this month, as she was preparing for surgery in California at the time, Contactmusic reported.

"I couldn't go to Joan Rivers' funeral, which I desperately wanted to because I loved her - but I couldn't go because I can't walk. I'm in bed. Going in for surgery," she told Page Six last week.

"I broke my lower back. Remember a few years ago I was in a wheelchair because I had trouble with my spine? They operated on it then. Well, now, again. They'll have to fuse it," she explained. "I was picking up my dogs - and they jumped. And I got twisted and fell. I thought it's nothing. But it wasn't nothing. It became something. After an X-ray, seems I busted it and have to have it fused."

Minnelli was recently spotted arriving at LAX in a wheelchair. The star was apparently  in good mood as she was all smiles while going through the terminal. She was wearing an all-black outfit and sunglasses, and also had a cane to help her walk, according to AceShowbiz.

Minnelli has won a total of four Tony Awards, including a Special Tony Award. She has also won an Oscar, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globes and a Grammy Legend Award for her contributions and influence in the recording field, along with many other honors and awards.