Max George Reflecting on his recent hospitalization He has heart problems.

"That first night I wrote a will, I thought I was going to die," George, 36, said in an interview Saturday, Jan. 11. the sun.

D wanted the frontman He remembers waking up to cold blue hands on December 11, 2024, while he was with his mother.

"I wasn't feeling myself for a few days, I was starting to feel a little rough," George said. “I couldn't put my finger on it. I was quite lethargic and stuffy, struggling to get out of bed. But I didn't think it was anything serious."

She continued, “Luckily I went to stay with my mom and I woke up and I remember looking at my hands and they were blue, and my arms were a gray color and I was cold. I was struggling to even sit up in bed."

George's mother saw him panting and called a doctor. When George had a check-up and was sent home, his mother kept asking around for help.

"At this point I had a panicky feeling, but I was absolutely knackered," he said. “I couldn't move my arms and the worst feeling was feeling like my throat was closing. I felt someone put a hand on my throat. Thank God I was a stay at home mom - she saved my life.

Doctors told George that "something was wrong with the bottom part" of his heart and that he would need a pacemaker.

"For some reason the rhythm is off and the signal doesn't seem to be going from the upper chamber of your heart to the lower one, the bit that pumps blood around your body," he recalled telling the doctors. "I was in complete shock."

George described the experience as "really scary," noting that it was "definitely not a place I thought I'd be at 36."

"I was up all night, my throat felt closed, I was really struggling to move and taking really deep, slow breaths," she said. “There was nothing they could do to stop it. I might have lived a few weeks, maybe a few months, but it might have been a few hours. We didn't know."

Two days after being admitted to the hospital, George's heart rate dropped to 26 beats per minute.

"Friday, December 13, I had the worst day there," he said. "My heart rate and my blood pressure dropped at the same time, and that was the biggest concern."

He continued, “The consultants were not there to operate in an emergency. It was pretty close that night, it really felt like my neck was going to snap and that's when the panic set in. I felt like I was dying. It was the worst, I was emotional."

George was taken by ambulance to a hospital on December 15, where he underwent a CT scan. Three days later he got a pacemaker with his partner Maisie Smith Beside him as he becomes aware of his surroundings.

“My heartbeat was still fine. My heart rate just started to rise. So I remember that my legs were tingling, because I think obviously the blood started to pump properly around,” he said.

He continued, “I was like, 'Holy s—, I feel alive again,' like it was a really nice feeling. It was so hard to be away from Maisie, but she climbed into bed, apparently she lay on the other side of my chest and rested her head on mine. We just cuddled for a few hours while I talked about football and we treated it like normal. I can feel the butterflies next to him again."