Country star’s wife defied doctors orders to ‘pull the plug’ after her husband’s stroke

Randy Travis’ spouse Mary said she intuitively rejected advice from his doctors to take him off life-saving medical devices after he suffered a stroke a dozen years back – as she knew the country singer believed in himself and would battle back. 

‘I think Randy, there was never a doubt in Randy’s mind that he could make it through it,’ Mary told Fox News Digital on Tuesday of her spouse, who has used AI in recent years to make music after losing his voice due to the stroke.

Mary said doctors at one point suggested she authorize them to ‘pull the plug’ on the medical machines that were keeping Randy, 66, alive amid the toughest times in his health crisis following the July 2013 stroke, as his collective ailments piled up.

‘It was that magical moment that I went to his bedside when they said, “We need to pull the plug,”‘ Mary said. ‘He’s got too many things going against him at that point.”‘

Mary told the outlet about some of the most tense moments in the seven-time Grammy winner’s yearslong health battle.

‘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,”‘ Mary said. 

Mary – who celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary with Travis earlier this year – explained one incident in which doctors explained to them that amid plunging vitals and a low blood count, the end was perilously close.

‘That’s when I went to him,’ Mary said. ‘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 said she took on a ‘mama bear’ mentality, and that she told doctors they were going to do their best to ‘fight with him’ amid the adverse circumstances.

‘I knew at that point in time, because he had every odd in the world against him, and he wasn’t giving up,’ said the supportive spouse. ‘And I was so encouraged by that, to be honest. He was my inspiration.’

Before he suffered the stroke, Randy had dealt with viral cardiomyopathy, a condition that led to congestive heart failure.

Mary opened up to the outlet about how she and her husband incorporating AI into their show.

‘Randy and I are both on stage,’ Mary said. ‘I give a little bit of background as far as the music, the musicians, Randy, the stroke, a song, the AI, of course.’

She added, ‘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.’

Mary said the stage show provides a ‘biographical sketch of Randy Travis,’ at which point James Dupre ‘is singing all of the songs.

‘It’s just kind of a magical night really,’ she added.