Singer said he was ‘30 years younger’ than other patients on the heart ward. Max George has revealed the difficult decision he made in hospital after believing he was “going to die”. Last month, The Wanted’s lead singer, 36, was diagnosed with an atrioventricular heart block, a condition where the heart beats more slowly or with an abnormal rhythm.
Days later he was rushed to hospital to undergo emergency surgery, and is now recovering after having a pacemaker fitted, although he has admitted he is living with a “strange sensation”. In a new interview, the musician said he made preparations for death, writing his will on the first night in hospital.
“If I could go from being absolutely on top of the world to being told ‘the bottom part of your heart isn’t working’, I kept thinking in my head, ‘Well, what if the top half stops working overnight?’”. Thoughts of his girlfriend, EastEnders star Maisie Smith, crossed his mind as he made the difficult decision to write the document.
“When you get told that you really realise what your responsibilities are,” he said. “I’ve got a partner, Maisie, I’ve got a family. I’ve got two little nephews and all of that stuff really comes to the front of it all.”. The star admitted he was “30 years younger” than the other elderly patients on the heart ward.
