Singer Amy Grant is Opening Up About All of Her Health Scares
63-year-old singer Amy Grant is opening up about the health issues she has faced in recent years and how it has changed her perspective on life. First, Grant had to undergo open heart surgery in 2020. After healing from her heart surgery, she got into a bike accident in 2022 and suffered a brain injury. Both incidents forced her to take a step back and heal, something she rarely did in the past, as she was always on the go for her career.
Now, Grant is working with the American Heart Association to share what she has learned and urge other women to get checked out before it’s too late. She said that before she discovered issues with her heart, “I always saw myself living well into my nineties. My great-grandmother lived to be 94. She was sharp in the mind. To realize something can happen that you never see coming, and it could be over … everything became more precious.”
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Grant only found out about her rare heart defect known as PAPVR (partial anomalous pulmonary venous return) because she went with her husband, fellow country singer Vince Gill, to his doctor’s appointment. The doctor wanted to check out Grant as well and it is good that he did because her condition causes her heart to work harder and can cause breathing and lung problems as well as serious and even fatal issues.
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Unfortunately, just as Grant had fully recovered from her heart surgery, in 2022, she hit a pothole while riding her bike. She was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, but she still hit her head and suffered a brain injury that affected her memory. Luckily, she revealed that she is doing a lot better now.
“I’m finding a different balance between music and family and just trying to be a lot more involved, as my adult children will allow it,” Grant added.
Queens of Country
November 2019
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