‘I fell over dead’: Colt Ford shocks fans as he reveals heart attack left him with 0.1% chance of survival

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Colt Ford is opening up about his most recent health scare!

The iconic country singer appeared on the ‘Big D & Bubba’ radio show on April 23 and talked about the moment he was rushed to ‘an intensive Care Unit'.

“I didn’t even remember coming out here to do a show in Phoenix, and apparently we played this great, sold-out show and it was incredible,” Ford told over the phone referring to his performance at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row venue in Gilbert, on April 4.

“I walked back to the bus, texted my fiance, ‘Hi baby', and fell over dead,” per People.

Colt Ford thanked his team for being proactive and saving his life

Ford was grateful to his band members for checking on him, which is the reason why he’s still alive. "They’re like, ‘It’s really hot in there'. I’m getting to kind of be an old guy now and they came out and checked on me and then all of a sudden, they were like ‘Oh God.’ That’s when all hell broke loose.” 

The medical team realized that the singer immediately needed extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

This is a process “in which blood is pumped outside of the body and oxygenated in order to help vital organs like the heart rest while recovering from serious illness or injury,” per Mayo Clinic.

Ford had to be moved to another hospital to get the correct facilities.

“Bentley’s trauma team got me [to a second hospital]. [I] died on the way over and they brought me back and saved my life,” Ford recalled.

The ‘Slow Ride’ singer shared that at one point doctor gave him 0.1% survival chance, “So it has been life-changing, spiritually changing, and obviously physically changing. I’m still not 100% out of the woods yet,” Ford continued.

He shared about his medical condition for the first time in a video post on Instagram.

“I just want to tell you guys, thank y’all for all the prayers, the love, the comments," Ford said.

"The messages I got a long way to go, but I promise you this ol’ country boy will get back. It probably won’t be this year, and I hate I gotta miss all these shows, but I’m coming back."

Internet wishes quick recovery for country star Colt Ford

Internet users wished all the best for Colt's quick and full recovery after suffering heart attack. 

An online user said, "Get well and God bless you and keep you safe."

"Praying for a speedy recovery," another wrote.

A user said, "I’m so happy that he survived. But if any of us normal people had that happen we wouldn’t be here to talk about it."

A fan was in shock, "Wait, colt was in a coma for a week?"

"You are so right God bless and keep you colt," another joined. 

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