Amy Grant Opens Up About Her Massive Brain Trauma From Near-Fatal Bike Accident

Last summer, we reported that the singer Amy Grant was involved in a serious bike accident that nearly killed her. In a new interview, Grant is opening up about how she’s recovering from the massive brain trauma that the accident left her with.

Grant’s Brain Trauma

Daily Mail reported that Grant, 62, was bicycling near her home in Nashville, Tennessee last July when she crashed her bike. The accident was so serious that Grant was left unconscious for ten minutes, and doctors say that she only survived because she was wearing a helmet. Afterwards, Grant was left with brain trauma that resulted in her forgetting the lyrics to her own songs.

When asked by TODAY about what life has been like for her in the months since the crash, Grant replied, “I wrote this long book. It was a spiral notebook. And I was just writing to remember… making sure I could remember everybody’s name in my family, which I couldn’t, at first.”

Host Craig Melvin asked if Grant could remember the lyrics to the songs that had made her famous, to which she replied, “Oh gosh, no. The first night of the Christmas tour, which is the first time back on tour, [I used a] teleprompter, and I was on heels.”

“I was, like, holding onto the piano,” she added. “Before the show I was like, ‘I’m so scared. I’m so scared.’ And I work with so many great singers, and they’re like, ‘We got you, we got you.’”

Grant is still on the road to recovery, as doctors told her it could take up to 18 months before she is back to where she was before the accident in terms of her cognitive abilities.

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Grant’s Other Health Struggles

This isn’t the only health struggle that Grant has faced in recent years, as she also underwent heart surgery in 2020 and had to have a cyst removed from her throat in January.

“(I was) working with a vocalist and she said, ‘What is happening in your throat? Lean your head back,’” she recalled. “And I said, ‘I know. It’s like I’ve got an Adam’s apple that keeps getting bigger.’ Unbeknownst to me, I’d had a thyroglossal duct cyst.”

Despite everything that she has been through, Grant is maintaining a positive attitude, and she’s excited for what is to come in life. 

“I feel fantastic,” she said. “I mean, really from 2020 on, I feel like I had to, if I were a car, I’ve made a lotta trips to the shop. And I feel like I’m emerging. I went, ‘Oh man, I feel like a classic now.’ And actually sort of re-revved up in a really beautiful way.”

Related: Amy Grant Shares Photos Of Her Scars Ten Days After Open Heart Surgery

Grant’s Christian Faith – Lesson Learned

Grant has also been leaning on her strong Christian faith to get her through the tough times.

“It’s helped me not be afraid,” she said. “And just to go, however this turns out, I believe I’m held by love, just like I believe that about you, and everybody I meet.” 

In the end, Grant learned one major lesson from the bike accident that nearly claimed her life.

“To me it’s just been a great reminder that life is dynamic, people are dynamic,” she said. “Nobody’s all good, nobody’s all bad. A circumstance is not all bad or all good. Even in the worst, awful, worst trauma, beauty and goodness are still present.”

We’re so glad to see that even after everything she’s been through, Grant still appears to be finding joy in life. Please join us in saying a prayer for her as she continues on her road to recovery!