Country singer Rory Feek is revealing the terrifying medical emergency that nearly cost his family everything.Just two weeks after his 12-year-old daughter, Indiana, underwent open-heart surgery, Feek said she was rushed to the hospital and ultimately airlifted by helicopter after a sudden health scare left him and wife Rebecca fearing the worst.Feek described how what appeared to be a routine illness quickly spiraled into a life-threatening emergency for Indiana, who was born with a ventricular septal defect, a congenital heart defect diagnosed shortly after her birth in 2014, in an emotional Substack post published Saturday.RORY FEEK STILL BELIEVES GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EVERYTHINGRory Feek poses with his youngest daughter, Indiana.(Rory Feek/Substack)"It started with a headache in the afternoon, and then a cough in the middle of the night," Feek began.
"But it wasn’t actually a cough, it was Indy throwing up, which for her is what it sounds like."At first, Feek said he and Rebecca suspected a stomach bug.That changed in an instant when Indiana collapsed after walking back toward her bedroom."I’m not going to go into the moment-by-moment details that led to us to calling 911 — both us holding her in our arms, literally crying, begging for help — but let’s just say that neither Rebecca, nor I, have been as scared in our lives as we were Thursday morning," Feek wrote.
"I can hardly think it, let alone write it...but we thought we had lost her."RORY FEEK'S DAUGHTER RIPS COUNTRY SINGER FOR SHAMING HER MOM AFTER DISCOVERING HE'S NOT BIOLOGICAL FATHERFeek detailed Indiana's ordeal in a Substack post.(Rory Feek/Substack)Indiana was first taken to a hospital in Waco, Texas, before doctors determined she needed specialized care in Austin.
She was transported by helicopter while Feek followed in his truck."They gave us time to pray over Indy and for me to kiss her and Rebecca goodbye, and the helicopter lifted off to start their 30 minute flight back to Dell Childr...