Jamie Foxx says that he 'would not be here' without his sister after his health crisis

• Jamie Foxx wished his sister Deidra Dixon happy birthday in an Instagram post.
• In the post, he said that Dixon's "decisions" had saved his life. 
• Foxx was hospitalized earlier this year, and updated fans on his recovery in late July.

Jamie Foxx wished his sister Deidra Dixon happy birthday in an Instagram post, saying that her actions saved his life after he underwent a health scare earlier in the year.

The actor shared a tribute to Dixon on Tuesday, along with a series of photos of his sibling. 

"Happy birthday to my beautiful for sister @frequency11 "D"... you are magical you are beautiful you are the courageous lionesses," he wrote in the caption, adding the hashtag #leoseason.

"And without you I would not be here... had you not made the decisions that you made I would've lost my life.... I love you forever and ever happy birthday sis," he continued in the caption. 

Foxx underwent a "medical complication" in April and was hospitalized. His family said in a statement at the time that "due to quick action and great care," he was recovering, Insider previously reported.  

Foxx later spoke out himself about his health in a video posted to Instagram on July 22.

"I know a lot of people were waiting or wanting to hear updates, but to be honest with you, I just didn't want you to see me like that man... I didn't want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was gonna make it through," Foxx said in the video.

In that video, he said that his family "protected" him and kept things "airtight" around his illness. 

"My sister Deidra Dixon, my daughter Corinne Marie, saved my life, so to them, to God, to a lot of great medical people, I'm able to leave you this video," he said.