Randy Travis and Wife Give Update on His Health and Musical Future

Country icon Randy Travis suffered a devastating stroke in 2013 that left the singer with serious impacts on his health, but the star has spent the past few years working to recover, and in a new interview with Life Today, Travis and his wife, Mary, revealed that things are looking up.

The couple revealed that Randy’s heart is in “near perfect” condition after a virus traveled to the organ, causing the stroke. For two and a half years, the singer spent every day in therapy, and is walking and beginning to regain speech, which doctors initially thought impossible.

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“It got to the point where they had given up hope, but the beautiful thing was, Randy… Randy and God have this thing going on,” Mary shared. “He’s so brave, so courageous. He never once gave up.”

“He’s such a hero to me,” she added.

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When asked about music, Randy gave an emphatic “yes” when asked if the music still comes to him, with Mary saying she knows her husband wants to get back on stage and return to writing music.

“I know there’s a thousand songs rolling around in that brain,” she said. “Just to be able to speak it or to write it, I pray that God will give us that.”

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