Max George credits mum Barbara for 'saving his life' after his hands 'turned blue' and he struggled to breathe before getting his pacemaker fitted
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Max George has credited his mother for saving his life by taking emergency action as he struggled with the early symptoms of a heart condition. The Wanted singer was rushed to hospital in December, with surgeons installing a pacemaker in his chest after he fell ill while staying at his mother Barbara's Manchester home.
![[The Wanted singer was rushed to hospital in December, with surgeons installing a pacemaker in his chest after he fell ill while staying at her Manchester home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/09/94005477-14275497-image-a-25_1736673176363.jpg)
Now recovering at the Essex home he shares with actress girlfriend Maisie Smith, Max, 36, says he could've died had she not taken decisive action. He told The Sun: 'I hadn’t been feeling myself for a few days, I started feeling a bit rough. I couldn’t put my finger on it. I was quite lethargic and stuff, struggling to get out of bed. But I didn’t think it was anything serious.
![[Max had a pacemaker fitted after being admitted to the hospital in December after experiencing issues with his heart]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/09/94000727-14275497-The_Wanted_singer_36_had_a_pacemaker_fitted_after_being_admitted-a-28_1736673689454.jpg)
'Luckily I’d gone around to my mum’s to stay and I woke up and I remember looking at my hands and they were blue, and my arms were a grey colour and I was freezing cold. I struggled to even sit up in bed.'. Health care worker Barbara, 63, immediately realised her son was gravely ill and phoned a doctor friend - who urged Max to visit the nearest hospital.
![[After recovering from the surgery the first person to greet him was Maisie, and Max says it was at this moment he felt like 'a real person again']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/09/93908709-14275497-After_recovering_from_the_surgery_the_All_Time_Low_singer_was_de-m-30_1736673722784.jpg)
Max George has credited his mother Barbara for saving his life by taking emergency action as he struggled with the early symptoms of a heart condition. The Wanted singer was rushed to hospital in December, with surgeons installing a pacemaker in his chest after he fell ill while staying at her Manchester home.
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