When country music star Randy Travis suffered a debilitating stroke — one that doctors initially said he had less than a 1% chance of surviving — he spent several months in the hospital. It marked just the beginning of a path to recovery that continues today, 12 years later.

“People say, ‘How do you get through what you’ve been through?’ Because we were in the hospital for five and a half months, and life changed in an instant — we hit a brick wall doing 100 miles an hour,“ Travis’ wife, Mary Travis, said during a Utah tour stop on Aug. 29.

“And I think it’s safe to say that we get through it with our faith, our family, our friends, and in Randy’s case, his fans,” she continued. “Thank y’all for your prayers, for being there.”

Aphasia resulting from Travis’ stroke in 2013 severely lim

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