Phil Vassar is embracing each second after he was given a second probability at life.
The nation star detailed his miraculous restoration after he “dropped dead” twice, struggling a coronary heart assault and stroke, whereas on tour.
Vassar, 62, advised Fox Information Digital he practically forgot learn how to play the piano till he was given the musical instrument throughout his yr in rehab.
“It was definitely slow… learning how to walk again and getting back… on the treadmill,” Vassar remarked.
“They brought a piano in my room at rehab and I just sat and looked at it for a while… they said, I just started playing… it kind of came back, and I was very, very, glad to have that happen.”
Vassar’s medical emergency occurred in 2023 throughout a Christmas tour with Deana Carter. First responders shocked him 11 instances and “cracked some ribs” within the course of.
“The lifesaving crew, these guys… what they do is just amazing,” Vassar praised the medical group. “They could have given up… but they just kept going. They blasted me back to life.”
Vassar had beforehand opened as much as Style of Nation about his well being battle, saying, “I dropped dead. I was dead for 30 minutes a couple of times. No heartbeat. No heartbeat at all.”
The “Last Day of My Life” singer recalled not remembering the second it occurred.
“I wish I could tell you more about it, but I don’t know,” he defined to Fox Information Digital. “I just remember I wasn’t feeling well and… just something wasn’t right.”
Following his stroke, Vassar stated the primary second he remembered was when he discovered himself in a wheelchair.
The life-altering expertise got here as an enormous shock as a result of the nation star lived a wholesome life-style. Nonetheless, after his coronary heart assault, Vassar determined to change up his health routine.
“I’m just getting back into the working out. Do more bike riding and walking, get into the weight room a little bit,” he stated. “But I really thought I was in shape. I just didn’t feel well. I had 3% body fat when I dropped dead.”
Vassar went into cardiac arrest after he found he had a genetic coronary heart illness.
On his intense street to restoration, Vassar was in rehab for greater than a yr. He stated that with loads of train and hyperbaric chamber therapies, he was capable of “heal quicker.”
Vassar is now gearing up for his comeback tour, “25 Years of Paradise,” celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of his hit track, “Just Another Day in Paradise.”
The nation star advised Fox Information Digital he plans to “take advantage of every second” of life.
The multi-platinum singer-songwriter largely credited his religion for serving to him by way of the hardest second in his life.
“I’m very blessed to be alive. God has blessed me immensely,” he stated. “Especially these times you really count on your faith to kind of pull you through. I don’t know how many times I was sitting in a room, in the dark, or not knowing what was going on and… you pray.”
“You come out on the other side with a different view on life for sure.… I feel great, I feel physically wonderful, and mentally I’m just kind of getting back to normal.”
Vassar’s “25 Years of Paradise” tour will kick off March15 with dates by way of July, and he’s set to carry out in states akin to Kentucky, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska.
