Farrah Fawcett Hospitalized, but Hopeful

April 6, 2009— -- Farrah Fawcett, an American actress and one-time sex symbol, is once again in the hospital fighting for her health.

It's the latest setback in the 62-year-old's battle with cancer since she was first diagnosed in 2006.

In the midst of her hospitalization, Redmond O'Neal, Fawcett's son with Ryan O'Neal, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of bringing narcotics into a jail facility and was being held on $25,000 bail.

A deputy at a jail in Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was doing a security sweep of the jail's parking lot when he stopped the 24-year-old, who admitted he was carrying drugs and was apparently at the jail giving a ride to a friend, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told The Associated Press.

Redmond O'Neal was arrested along with his father last year at the actor's Malibu home on suspicion of having methamphetamine while on probation for a previous drug conviction. He has pleaded not guilty in that case.

"On Farrah Fawcett's behalf, I can confirm that she recently checked into a Los Angeles hospital," Craig Nevius, the producer of an upcoming documentary about Fawcett's cancer battle, said in a statement to People magazine Sunday.

"And although it is usually against her nature to correct false or exaggerated stories that originate in tabloid-style reports by offering true information that they would not otherwise have to publish, Farrah is allowing this statement out of appreciation for her fans, who have offered their constant support throughout her fight, as well as out of concern for the countless other cancer patients who have written her over the last 2½ years in order to tell her that they are following her story in the hope that there is hope," Nevius said.

Nevius added that Fawcett "has hope" and is expected to return home in a few days. In an interview with The Associated Press, Nevius noted the actress' cancer had spread to her liver.

Dr. Lawrence Piro, Fawcett's physician, who regularly consults with her doctors in Germany where she sought alternative cancer treatment, issued the following statement to reporters:

"There have been some photographs that have been widely published of Farrah Fawcett in a wheelchair. The reason she was in that wheelchair is because she had a small procedure while in Germany and left for the airport soon after. She could have stayed in Germany to recuperate for a day or two but she was really very anxious to come home."

As a result, Piro said, "she took a nine-hour flight right after that procedure. It turned out that the procedure caused a small amount of bleeding in one of the muscles of her abdomen, making a hematoma, which was quite painful. Actually, it was painful for her to walk, which is why she was in that wheelchair. And that pain, which was coming from the hematoma, had nothing directly to do with the cancer."

"She's able to walk. And she remains in good spirits with her usual sense of humor. She's been in great shape her whole life and has an incredible resolve and an incredible resilience," Piro said.

ABCNews.com's calls to Nevius were not immediately returned today.