Randy Travis critically ill in Texas

[RebelOne]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Country singer Randy Travis is hospitalized in critical condition with a viral heart infection, his publicist said Monday.

Travis, 54, was admitted to an unidentified Texas hospital on Sunday because of complications related to his "recently acquired viral cardiomyopathy," Travis spokesman Kirt Webster said in a written statement.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/08/showbiz/randy-travis-hospitalized/a

[Gore1FL]

1. fixed link:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/08/showbiz/randy-travis-hospitalized/

(you have an errant "a" at the end of yours)

[RebelOne]

2. Sorry, I just did a copy and paste. Don't know where the "a" came from. n/t

[Skittles]

3. I have been so hoping Mr. Travis can beat his demons

[Yavapai]

4. viral cardiomyopathy is a condition caused by a viral infection of the heart.

It is not necessarily caused by drinking or other "bad" behaviors.

A person can get this from something as simple as the flu virus.

I had it and it led to congestive heart failure.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. True...

and alcoholism leads to a weakened immune system, which doesn't help one bit. Hopefully he gets over this- not a big country guy, but always enjoyed his voice.

[RebelOne]

6. You are fortunate, because my ex-husband died of congestive heart failure. n/t

[Skittles]

8. I never said it was

I'm saying I don't want him to die before he can beat his demons

[dawn frenzy adams]

10. Yep.

It happened to me as well, Yavapai. I was never a smoker, drinker or abuser of drugs. The doctor's said it was a virus.

[Jenoch]

7. My father got this from a procedure

done by his urologist. Some blood vessels were broken and because my dad has artificial knees, anytime he has bleeding like that he is supposed to take some antibiotics. (He takes amoxicillin before he sees his dentist.) Bacteria from that break in his urinary tract got into my dad's bloodstream. He went on heavy doses of IV antibiotics and we thought he beat the infection. Three months later they had to put in a new heart valve, but now 3-1/2 years later he is doing fine.

I hope Randy Travis is as lucky.

[customerserviceguy]

9. All the best to him

I really got into his music in 1989, and have loved it ever since.