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        <title><![CDATA[Amy Grant reveals scar from open heart surgery, calls recovery ‘miraculous’]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amy Grant is thankful for having loved ones&nbsp;by her side after she had the “really unique experience of having an <strong>unanticipated open heart surgery</strong>.”</p><p>The singer <strong>took to Instagram on Sunday</strong> where she revealed the scar from her procedure. The 59-year-old <strong>previously shared she had a heart condition</strong> called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) since birth but was only recently discovered by her doctor.</p><p><strong>WARNING: THE IMAGE BELOW IS GRAPHIC</strong></p><p>“I know there is so much going on in the world right now,” the “Baby, Baby” star captioned her photo. “This is a crazy, broken, yet beautiful time. And in the midst of all of that &#8211; 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.”</p><p>“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,” Grant continued. “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’.”</p><p>According to the Christian star, people from her past &#8212; and present &#8212; have gone out of their way to reach out and share their good wishes since her diagnosis.</p><p>&#8220;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,&#8221; said Grant.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbF5s1j1s-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" ><p><script src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" async="async"></script></p><div > <strong></p><div ><svg width="50px" height="50px" viewBox="0 0 60 60" version="1.1" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><g transform="translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)" fill="#000000"><g><path d="M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631"></path></g></g></g></svg></div><div ><div > View this post on Instagram</div></div><p> </strong></p><p ><strong>A post shared by Amy Grant (@amygrantofficial)</strong> on <time  datetime="2020-06-14T17:07:56+00:00">Jun 14, 2020 at 10:07am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>“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,” Grant revealed. “Even stuff I was really scared about felt like nothing more than just a deep breath and something supernatural pushed me through it.”</p><p>Grant also assured her followers that her recovery has been going smoothly.</p><p>“My recovery has honestly felt miraculous,” said Grant. “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.”</p><p>On June 3, Velvet Kelm, Grant’s publicist, told The Associated Press the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery to fix her heart condition, which was discovered during a routine checkup.</p><p>According to Kelm, the surgery “couldn’t have gone better.”</p><p>Grant, who has been married to country singer <strong>Vince Gill</strong> for 20 years, is a six-time <strong>Grammy winner</strong> with well-known crossover pop hits like “Baby, Baby,” “Every Heartbeat” and “That’s What Love is For.” She’s sold more than 30 million albums, including her five-time&nbsp;platinum 1991 record “Heart in Motion,” that introduced her to a larger pop audience.</p><p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
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