Singer-Songwriter Amy Grant’s Heart Surgery Recovery ‘Miraculous’

Singer-songwriter Amy Grant‘s heart surgery took place on Wednesday, June 3rd in order to address a congenital heart condition.

“From Team Amy – with all that is going on in our world that needs our collective prayer, please also join us in praying for Amy this week as she has heart surgery to correct her PAPVR condition,” the 59-year-old star’s official Facebook page shared.

Fortunately, fans didn’t have to wait too long for a hopeful update from Grant’s team, “Thank you for so many prayers today. Amy is out of surgery and the doctor said it could not have gone better. We would ask for continued prayers over the days, weeks and months to come as she makes a full recovery…”

As outlined by the Mayo Clinic, Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return or PAPVR is a birth defect in which some of the veins carrying blood from the lungs to the heart flow into other blood vessels or into the heart’s right atrium, instead of correctly entering the heart’s left atrium. Some oxygen-rich blood from the lungs then mixes with oxygen-poor blood before entering the right atrium. In February, Grant revealed the discovery of her heart condition and her plans to address the issue.

On Sunday, June 14th, the star provided an update on her recovery following an unanticipated open heart surgery.

“Even stuff I was really scared about felt like nothing more than just a deep breath and something supernatural pushed me through it. My recovery has honestly felt miraculous. And so I want to say thank you to each person who said a prayer for me. Prayer changes everything,” Grant shared along with a series of photos showing off her surgery scar.

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Hi everybody…. I know there is so much going on in the world right now. This is a crazy, broken, yet beautiful time. And in the midst of all of that – in the midst of all of our awareness and becoming and learning to love and see each other – I’ve had this really unique experience of having an unanticipated open heart surgery. The only way I can explain my experience would be to ask you to imagine a non-runner who was signed up for a marathon. I didn’t want it, but I had to have it anyway and it was a week ago Wednesday. And as people heard about the surgery I started getting messages: “I’m praying for you” …“I’m praying for you”. People I worked with decades ago, people who have come to my concerts or listen to my music, my work family, people on social media, and my own friends and family all offered their prayers. And now, ten days later, I just want to say, from the moment I went to the hospital, if it really were a marathon race, I felt like I got into that runners block and as soon as it was time for the race to start there was this massive West Texas wind at my back.. just pushing me through. Even stuff I was really scared about felt like nothing more than just a deep breath and something supernatural pushed me through it. My recovery has honestly felt miraculous. And so I want to say thank you to each person who said a prayer for me. Prayer changes everything. Let’s keep those prayers going for our country and lets turn all the brokenness into love and seeing each other. I love you. Amy

A post shared by Amy Grant (@amygrantofficial) on Jun 14, 2020 at 10:07am PDT

We’re so happy to learn that Amy Grant’s heart surgery recovery is going so well. Share this update with other Amy Grant and Vince Gill fans!

Amy Grant’s 2020/ 2021 Tour Schedule

Fri, OCT 2
A Tennessee Weekend with Amy Grant
Franklin, TN

Sat, OCT 3
A Tennessee Weekend with Amy Grant
Franklin, TN

Sun, OCT 4
A Tennessee Weekend with Amy Grant
Franklin, TN

Fri, OCT 16
Amy Grant In Concert
Warsaw, IN

Sun, OCT 18
Amy Grant In Concert
Greensburg, PA

Thu, OCT 22
Amy Grant In Concert
Salina, KS

Sat, Feb 6, 2021
Harvester Performance Center
Rocky Mount, VA

Sun, Feb 14, 2021
Amy Grant In Concert
Medford, MA