{"id":13661,"date":"2026-10-12T08:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=13661"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:47:54","slug":"bringing-up-bates-gil-bates-suffers-heart-attack-and-undergoes-4-hour-procedure-days-after-sons-wedding-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/?p=13661","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Up Bates\u2019 Gil Bates Suffers Heart Attack and Undergoes 4-Hour Procedure Days After Son\u2019s Wedding Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bringing Up Bates<\/em>\u2019 Gil Bates Suffers Heart Attack and Undergoes 4-Hour Procedure Days After Son\u2019s Wedding Celebration<\/h1>\n

The father of 19 underwent a four-hour procedure after doctors discovered severe blockages in multiple arteries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gil Bates is recovering after suffering a heart attack.<\/p>\n

The Bringing Up Bates<\/em> alum, 61, was hospitalized earlier this week after experiencing an unusual sensation in his chest for approximately two weeks, his wife, Kelly Jo Bates, revealed in an Instagram post on Wednesday, Sept. 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past 2 weeks Gil has felt an unusual feeling in his chest lasting about 30 seconds off & on, and occasionally his jaw would hurt,\u201d Kelly Jo wrote. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t in pain, but he felt like something wasn\u2019t right.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Kelly Jo, busy schedules and Gil\u2019s uncertainty over whether anything was seriously wrong initially kept the father of 19 from seeking medical attention.<\/p>\n

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Gil Bates and his wife Kelly Jo Bates.<\/span>The Bates Family\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, Sept. 28, after completing a tree job and mowing several yards, Gil ultimately decided to drive himself to the emergency room. He expected doctors would \u201cdo some blood work & send him home,\u201d Kelly Jo recalled.<\/p>\n

Instead, doctors determined Gil was having a mild heart attack and immediately began treating him with nitroglycerin and heparin to keep him stable.<\/p>\n

The following day, Gil underwent a four-hour cardiac catheterization procedure that revealed significant blockages in multiple arteries.<\/p>\n

Kelly Jo said doctors discovered that Gil\u2019s left anterior descending (LAD) artery had an 80% blockage and \u201ca lot of calcium build up.\u201d Because a traditional balloon could not open the artery, doctors used intravascular lithotripsy before inserting a 24 mm stent.<\/p>\n

Doctors then placed a 48 mm stent in Gil\u2019s right coronary artery (RCA), which Kelly Jo said had a 95% blockage and was the artery where his heart attack occurred. A third artery was found to have a 45% to 50% blockage but did not require a stent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe doctor said Gil had been a \u2018ticking time bomb\u2019 & he was extremely close to having a major heart attack!\u201d Kelly Jo wrote.<\/p>\n

She added that the family was grateful the blockages were treated in time.<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately, it was corrected in time, and with GOD\u2019S GRACE (and a wonderful team of doctors), we\u2019re living out a MIRACLE & are going home today!\u201d she continued. \u201cThe doctor said it could\u2019ve been a VERY different story, & I could\u2019ve been going home alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kelly Jo also shared a photo of herself and Gil smiling together from his hospital bed.<\/p>\n

As he continues his recovery, Gil is expected to begin cardiac therapy next week and make changes to his diet and medications. Kelly Jo said her husband should eventually be able to resume his normal activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re beyond thankful for the love, care, & many prayers we\u2019ve been showered with from family, friends, & medical staff these past 2 days,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWe would also covet your prayers, but mostly, we just want to lift our hands in praise to a powerful, wonderful, loving God for extending Gil\u2019s life & letting us have another day to witness His goodness.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gil and Kelly Jo, who married in 1987, share 19 children. Their large family was featured on the reality series Bringing Up Bates<\/em>, which followed the couple and their children for 10 seasons.<\/p>\n

The hospitalization came shortly after the Bates family gathered for another major milestone. Gil and Kelly Jo\u2019s 23-year-old son, Warden, celebrated with wife Kaybrie, 20, at a larger fall ceremony on Sept. 23, months after the couple initially exchanged vows in May.<\/p>\n

Kaybrie previously explained that they moved up their first wedding so her ailing father could walk her down the aisle. He died three days later, and the newlyweds ultimately kept their original fall date as a vow renewal that allowed them to celebrate with friends and extended family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bringing Up Bates\u2019 Gil Bates Suffers Heart Attack and Undergoes 4-Hour Procedure Days After Son\u2019s Wedding Celebration The father of 19 underwent a four-hour procedure after doctors discovered severe blockages in multiple arteries Gil Bates is recovering after suffering a heart attack. The Bringing Up Bates alum, 61, was hospitalized earlier this week after experiencing … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duggar-bates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14071,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13661\/revisions\/14071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxnews.znicely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}