Darwin Hobbs “Doing Amazing;” Back on the Road this Weekend

Last month, Hobbs was headed from Atlanta to Indianapolis, where he was scheduled to perform live on the Yolanda Adams Morning Show.  On the way to the airport, he experienced shortness of breath and detoured to the emergency room to be checked.  

“Contrary to popular belief,” Hobbs explained, “I did not have blood clots in my throat, and I did not have blood clots as a result of my recent lap band surgery.  I had a blood clot in my leg.  It’s called deep vein thrombosis, or Dvt. Part of it detached and went to my lung.”  

He continued, “After the [lap band] surgery, I was leading a pretty sedentary lifestyle.  When you have the kind of surgery I had, you are predisposed to blood clots.  You have to move around and keep your blood circulating, but most people don’t do that after surgery.  They sit around, which is what I was doing.  So it wasn’t the surgery that caused the blood clot, but it was the fact that after the surgery, I was sitting around all day and that’s how I developed a clot.  It’s no joke: you’ve really got to keep the blood circulating.”

Hobbs’ doctor ordered him to spend three weeks resting, during which the artist received tremendous support from his fans and friends.  “It has been overwhelming,” Hobbs exclaimed.  “All kinds of cards, emails, tweets, Facebook messages.  And flowers galore!  It almost seemed like we were living in a botanic garden!  I’m so grateful to everybody for their support and concern.  Prayer was the most important thing I received.  It means a lot.”

“It’s not just because of Champion, but I’m excited to get out and do what I’m called to do.  This coming weekend I will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Nashville with Bishop Joseph Walker.  Soon I’m going to New York to spend some time with A.R. Bernard and the Christian Cultural Center. 

Will his future music reflect this harrowing experience?  

“Most definitely,” Hobbs answered.  “It’s also going to express other facets of my life.  I can’t wait to sing songs that speak about the amazing marriage I have with Traci and the fact that we have been best friends since fifth grade.  I’m actually going to make a record about it and I’m going to sing songs about curveballs that life can throw you.  Those songs can be just as encouraging, and just as classified as worship, as anything else, because worship is so much more to do with our relationship with God than the music we sing.”

Hobbs will be on blood thinners for six months “and hopefully by then the clots will be dissolved.  But it was very frightening.  It can be a fatal incident but thanks to God’s grace, I’m still alive.”