Christian Singer Natalie Grant Issues Urgent Health Warning After Fall Leads to Emergency Surgery: Don't 'Ignore Your Body'

Natalie Grant is urging fans to take unusual physical symptoms seriously after a seemingly minor fall left her bleeding internally and requiring emergency surgery.

"God created our body in such a way that it gives us signs," the 54-year-old singer said as she warned people not to "ignore your body" until "it's too late."

After getting injured, Grant ignored the pain for a dinner date. Her condition rapidly worsened, and doctors saved her from a potentially ruptured bladder.

The Grammy-nominated singer recalled that the accident happened after she and her husband helped their daughter move into her college dorm room.

"I thought, 'Oh, maybe I broke a rib' or 'Man, that's gonna leave a bruise' or 'I kind of knocked the wind out of me,'" she recalled.

Even though it hurt, Grant thought the pain would pass and pushed through the night.

Doctors struggled to find the cause of Grant's illness at first. Once she was in the ICU, they discovered a bleeding kidney and that she couldn't urinate.

"I had a catheter so you could see the blood kept filling. I wouldn't stop bleeding, and I think that's when they were like we've got to get you in for surgery and figure out what's going on. They all let me know like if you wouldn't have come in, like I talked about maybe [going to a bigger hospital], and they said, 'No you were really smart to come as fast as you could and get here as quickly as you can,' because if I didn't, my bladder would have actually ruptured, and I wouldn't have known it," Grant explained.

During the emergency, the mother-of-three worried most about her daughters, especially the one with her at the hospital who faints at the sight of blood, and the other two back in Nashville.

She also wondered why she had pushed through her own discomfort instead of canceling their plans.

Months later, checkups showed Grant’s internal injuries had healed. However, she also learned she had broken a rib during the fall, which turned out to be the most painful part of her recovery.

The singer underwent a final cystoscopy to examine her urinary tract, along with an ultrasound to assess her condition.

Grant noted that an exam revealed a scar from her injury, which she saw through her faith. "You actually can see a scar from where it was and there's I'm like, there's a sermon in that," she explained.

Reflecting on how differently the emergency could have unfolded, Grant "thanked" her medical team and "God."

Grant also discussed her recent tribute to Dolly Parton at the 57th Annual GMA Dove Awards, held October 6 at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena and hosted by Tauren Wells.

"I'm not gonna sing nine to five or some of her greatest hits, like how do we make this work?" she recalled wondering.

Grant chose to focus on the country star's faith, inspired by her performance of "How Great Thou Art."

"And it was really in looking and reading and remembering and knowing the story of Dolly's faith and how much her faith mattered to her, guided her, led her to the way she lived her life, to the ways she loved people, to the fact she was sure of who she was," she explained.