Doctors discharged Amy Winehouse from a London clinic today. The singer spent a week under doctor’s care because of what her spokesperson called “early stages of what could lead to emphysema.”

Although Amy’s father Mitch claimed that she had early-stage emphysema brought on by smoking crack and cigarettes, Amy’s rep downplayed this, and said Mitch exaggerated “out of his concern for her.”

“She is not diagnosed with full-blown emphysema, but instead has early signs of what could lead to emphysema,” Tracey Miller, her U.S.-based representative said.

In an interview published Sunday by the Daily Mail of London, Mitch Winehouse said that his daughter’s crack and cigarette smoking had led to early-stage emphysema, and that the singer had an irregular heartbeat. He said she had been warned that she will have to wear an oxygen mask unless she stops smoking drugs.

“The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs, it won’t just ruin her voice, it will kill her,” Mitch Winehouse was quoted as saying. “There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She has 70 percent lung capacity.”

Mitch backtracked from his earlier statements, and said if Amy can quit smoking, “with patience her lungs will recover completely.” He added that the singer is covered in nicotine patches and eating in an effort to recover.

Despite her fragile state, Amy said she still intends to perform at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party in London on Friday. Mitch said he thought it would be a good idea for Amy to get back onstage.

“When she’s been inactive work-wise then that’s when the problems really start. The doctors have said that medically there isn’t any reason why she can’t do Glastonbury,” the paper quoted him as saying.

Soon after Amy left the hospital, she was photographed smoking cigarettes, despite doctor’s warnings. So much for a quick recovery.

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