The country music legend Randy Travis’ beloved wife Mary is speaking out this week to reveal how she defied doctors by refusing to “pull the plug” on her husband after his debilitating 2013 stroke.
Mary Was Told To ‘Pull The Plug’
Randy’s stroke was so serious that Mary was quickly advised by doctors to end her husband’s life. Mary, however, was not having any of it. Instead, she went full “mama bear” by refusing to “pull the plug” on the love of her life.
“I think Randy, there was never a doubt in Randy’s mind that he could make it through it,” Mary told Fox News. “It was that magical moment that I went to his bedside when they said, ‘We need to pull the plug. He’s got too many things going against him at that point.'”
“He had gotten a staph infection and three other hospital-born bacterial viruses like Serratia, Pseudomonas, one thing after another, and the doctors were just saying, ‘He just doesn’t have the strength to get through this,'” she continued.
Doctors told Mary that Randy’s vitals weren’t doing well and his blood cell count was low. They went so far as to let Mary know that they felt that it was time for her to say her goodbyes to her husband.
“That’s when I went to him,” Mary recalled. “That was the moment that I knew that Randy Travis was gonna make it because he squeezed my hand and a tear went down his face. And I said, ‘He’s still fighting.'”
Mary Goes Full ‘Mama Bear’
Once Mary saw this, she went full “mama bear” on Randy’s doctors. Not only did she tell them that her husband wasn’t giving up, she also informed the doctors that they were “going to fight with him.”
“And I meant that, and Randy meant it,” Mary stated. “And I knew at that point in time, because he had every odd in the world against him, and he wasn’t giving up. I was so encouraged by that, to be honest. He was my inspiration.”
Though Randy, now 66, was able to fight his way back to life, the stroke still altered his life forever. Thankfully, he’s been able to return to making music and touring by utilizing artificial intelligence.
“Randy and I are both on stage. I give a little bit of background as far as the music, the musicians, Randy, the stroke, a song, the AI, of course,” explained Mary, 66. “And then we show videos of Randy’s historical past, as far as some of his joke-telling, which allows people to see the humor that Randy has.”
“And all the way back to his childhood and working with horses in some of the Westerns that he was in, the funny things along the way,” she added. “So it gives you a whole, like I said, biographical sketch of Randy Travis. And then James Dupre is singing all of the songs, and it’s just kind of a magical night really.”
Watch Randy and Mary talk more about their use of AI in the video below.
Randy Isn’t Done Making Music
Mary concluded by assuring Randy’s fans that he’ll be making music for many years to come.
“I think there’ll be more songs. I think that Randy’s interested in doing more songs,” she said. “You know, the first one was ‘Where That Came From,’ the second one being ‘Horses in Heaven’ and there is another one that will probably be coming up pretty soon. We have folders of music that Randy has written. You know, music or songs that Randy’s written. And perhaps one of those will see the light of day.”
Randy is a true legend, and there will never be another one like him. In the end, he’s lucky to have a “mama bear” wife like Mary, who wasn’t about to let her “pull the plug” on her husband when he wasn’t done fighting.
God bless you both, Randy and Mary Travis!