Mark Chesnutt has been receiving prayers from the country music world since he was rushed to the hospital last week prior to a show and was forced to cancel a show on Saturday as he continued to recover.

Now we know a little bit more about what the 62-year-old’s issues were.

His publicist, Don Murry Grubbs, told Countrynow.com that doctors discovered that Chesnutt had a “low sodium count” and “very high blood pressure.”

“Mark wants to apologize to the fans who came to see him in Baton Rouge and also to those who had planned to see him yesterday in Portales, New Mexico,” the statement read. “He hope to be back to perform in both cities soon.”

Chesnutt, 62, reportedly fell ill on Thursday before opening for the legendary group, Alabama, at the Raising Cane’s River Center in Louisiana

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