Randy Travis' intense health journey started with a symptom of the common cold.During a recent interview with Fox News Digital while at The Nashville Palace — where a celebration took place on June 3 in honor of the 40th anniversary of his first album "Storms of Life," the 67-year-old and his wife, Mary Travis, spoke about a time in his life where he leaned on his faith the most, noting he initially went to the doctor after having issues with "congestion," but ended up finding something much more serious.The "Forever and Ever, Amen" singer was hospitalized in 2013 for congestive heart failure tied to viral cardiomyopathy. A blood clot that formed in his heart then caused a massive stroke, which left him with partial paralysis and affected his speech."Obviously, during the stroke, that was probably the closest life or death, if you will, situation," she said.
"We were there for five and a half months.We left home one morning thinking we were just going to go to the critical care and get something for congestion that he had, and we didn't walk back in the house for five and a half months."Randy Travis' health crisis started with a trip to the doctor for congestion.
(Jason Kempin/Getty Images)RANDY TRAVIS' WIFE DEFIED MEDICAL ADVICE TO 'PULL THE PLUG' DURING COUNTRY STAR'S STROKE RECOVERY BATTLEWhile in the hospital, Mary shared that Randy spoke with the Lord "all the time," saying that while Randy has "always been close to the Lord," they "leaned hard on the Lord" in those moments.WATCH: Randy Travis went to the doctor for congestion and ended up in the hospital for five monthsWhen looking back at that time, Mary said, "We hit that brick wall at 100 miles an hour, and things changed overnight," but said that in terms of their relationship, it "definitely made it stronger.""There was never any question that we were gonna go in any other direction.It concreted it, is what it did.
I knew that I was put in his life and he was put my life right where we were, how we ...