Taylor Momsen recovering after battling potentially life-threatening throat infection

Teen Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen is now ok, after battling a “severe, potentially life-threatening throat infection.
Momsen, 15, was in L.A. to take a school exam when she “woke up with a sore throat.” She had been hospitalized and after aggressive antibiotics and medications, she is expected to make a full recovery in the next three to five days, her doctor told US Magazine. She was released Wednesday afternoon from L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to rest. On Wednesday night, the CW announced Momsen would be back to work by the end of the week.

“Taylor Momsen is a beloved member of our Gossip Girl cast and we are happy to report she is on the road to a speedy recovery,” the network said in a statement to Us. “We all look forward to her planned return to work on Friday.”