Country music legend Randy Travis is still alive today because of one unwavering force in his life \u2014 his wife, Mary Travis. His survival is not the result of medical certainty or clinical optimism. In fact, it\u2019s quite the opposite. It\u2019s because Mary refused to accept the doctors\u2019 grim predictions.<\/p>\n
She stood firmly, with unshakable love and fierce determination, in the face of a tragedy that almost took everything from them both. The Collapse That Changed Everything. In 2013, Randy Travis\u2019s life took a devastating turn.<\/p>\n
At the height of his career, after decades of making music that touched millions, he was suddenly struck by\u00a0viral cardiomyopathy<\/strong>, a condition that weakens the heart muscle. The illness rapidly progressed and caused a\u00a0massive stroke<\/strong>, which left him comatose and fighting for his life. As if that weren\u2019t enough, Randy also faced a series of life-threatening\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Country music legend Randy Travis is still alive today because of one unwavering force in his life \u2014 his wife, Mary Travis. His survival is not the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43920,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43919","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n