Singer Amy Grant took to Instagram on Sunday to show off the scar from her recent 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,” she wrote. “I didn’t want it, but I had to have it anyway and it was a week ago Wednesday.”
The 59-year-old “Every Heartbeat” singer thanked well-wishers and said her recovery “has honestly felt miraculous.”
Grant had the surgery to correct a condition called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, or PAPVR. She shared the diagnosis with fans in February. “I have had a heart condition since birth,” she wrote. “It’s fixable, so instead of concerts and camping trips this summer, I am going to take care of my heart.”
Grant, who has been married to country singer Vince Gill since 2000, had a pop hit with "Baby Baby" in 1991 and has earned six Grammys in Gospel categories.
Read her full message below:
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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