Max George, 36, must undergo heart surgery ‘sooner than doctors first thought’
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Max George has revealed that he now requires heart surgery sooner than expected, having previously been told he’ll have to spend Christmas in hospital. The 36-year-old pop star, who rose to fame as 1/5 of The Wanted, posted on Instagram last week that he had been admitted to hospital after feeling ‘really unwell’.
He was later informed that he had a ‘block’ in his heart. While he awaited confirmation of which procedure he required, the singer expressed his hopes for a pacemaker, which is a small device used to treat some arrhythmias. Now, in his latest update, the Glad You Came hitmaker explained that he had a ‘full CT scan’ on his heart today.
‘Not something I’d choose to do again!’, he stated. Having revealed in a clip last night that his heart rate was reaching as low as 35, he continued in his lengthy caption: ‘As I mentioned yesterday, I have a 2:1 block in my heart. ‘Unfortunately my heart rate hasn’t picked up at all in almost a week. Because of this, we don’t have too much time to wait so it looks like I’m going to be in surgery way quicker than the doctors first thought.’.
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On the plus side, doctors have told him that he ‘may even be home for Christmas’. ‘Still a pretty scary time right now and the last few nights have been really rough, but I wanted to say that I’m absolutely humbled by all your messages of support,’ added the star.
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