The trio of health crises culminated in January when Amy Grant had a cyst removed from her throat. In an interview with Today, she shared that she had been working with a vocal coach after her accident when the coach noticed a prominent bulge on her throat. Only when Grant had it checked out did she discover it was a thyroglossal duct cyst, a condition with which she had been born. Since the cyst was growing larger, it could potentially impede her ability to sing.
Grant revealed that had she not had the bike accident, she still might’ve been ignorant of the quail egg-sized cyst’s existence. The singer told USA Today, “The trauma of the bike accident made it grow, or I never would have known I had it.” Grant considers the chain of events to have been fortunate because it gave her a new lease on her career. Per Billboard, she stated, “There were so many hidden gifts… it was like somebody gave me my voice back.”
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Grant told People that her husband, the “My Kind of Woman” singer Vince Gill, supported her through every medical challenge. When Grant was feeling particularly low, Gill encouraged her. “And he said, ‘Things happen to people every day, and you just have to take one day at a time, and we’re here, and I love you.’ And that just kind of made every day of the journey okay.” Grant shared.
