Abby Lee Miller Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit After Hotel Door Falls Over, Traps Her in Wheelchair

Photo: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic The docs allege that in August, Miller — who has been using an electric wheelchair since 2018 due to complications of Burkitt Lymphoma, which affects her spinal cord — wheeled herself into her hotel room’s bathroom to wash her hands in the sink. Upon leaving the bathroom, the back left wheel on the reality star’s wheelchair got caught underneath the sliding bathroom door. As she attempted to free the wheel herself, the 300+ lb.

Abby Lee Miller Gets Back to Work in Front of the Camera After Her Health Crisis

Over the summer, a rep for Lifetimeconfirmed that productionforDance Momswas casting and Miller was involved in the process. At the time, however, determination on an eighth season was yet to be made. If the eighth season is made, it is not clear whether she would be in front of the cameras or working behind-the-scenes. Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic The dance instructor first announced herresignation from the showin March 2017 through anInstagram post, in which she accused officials behind the series of treating her “like dirt” after she wrapped filming for season 7B.

Abby Lee Miller Gets Special Visitors in the Hospital — See Which 'Dance Moms' Stars Stopped By

Miller, 51 — who waspreliminarily diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphomain April after an emergency surgery for what she thought was a spinal infection — shared a photo of the special visit to her Instagram on Tuesday. Maesi Caes and Elliana Walmsley, both formerDance Momsparticipants,cozied up to Miller while wearing surgical masks in the photo. “I guess it doesn’t matter where I am or what I’m doing the kids always migrate right toward me!

Abby Lee Miller Involved with Possible 8th Season of 'Dance Moms' amid Cancer Battle

While determinations on an eighth season has yet to be made, production is casting and Miller is involved in the process, a rep for Lifetime confirms to PEOPLE. In March 2017, the dance instructor announced her resignation from the show in anInstagram post, accusing officials behind the series of treating her “like dirt” after she wrapped filming for season 7B. “I WILL NO LONGER TAKE PART IN DANCE MOMS,” Miller wrote.

Abby Lee Miller Is Struggling to Stay Positive During Chemotherapy Sessions: 'She's Really in a Bad Place,' Source Says

“She has two more chemo sessions to go, but she’s in a really bad place — mentally and emotionally,” a source tells PEOPLE. “She’s really losing it.” In April, one day after undergoingemergency surgeryfor what was initially thought to be a spinal infection, the 51-year-old formerDance Momsstar — newly released from prison — was preliminarily diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that develops in the lymphatic system. “It was not an infection, it was a type of a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – it’s a type of a cancer,” said Dr.