Following surgery after a stroke, U.S. country singer Randy Travis is reportedly awake and making progress, according to a statement released by the Texas hospital where the 54-year-old is recuperating.

A tweet on the Travis twitter account directed fans to a video on his website, where his two doctors at Baylor Institute in Texas and his fiancée provided an update on his health.

The chief physician said he had suffered from a three week infection, and he was diagnosed with scarring of his heart muscles, causing cardiac weakness known as 'idopathic cardiomyopathy.'

"I know that Randy feels each and every one of those," Davis said . She added, "He feels the hands of the doctors and the care of the nurses and the love of his fans. His friends and family have all been touched by that. He is responding well to voices and he sees and he understands. He's miles beyond where any of us thought he would be a few days ago," The Associated Press reported.

Dr. Michael Mack, Dallas Baylor Health Care System's medical director of cardiovascular disease and a cardiac said that Travis would do well on medication or medical devices. He added that Travis would not need a pump to circulate his blood for him.

Travis does not have an infection now and his echocardiogram shows that the condition is not the result of drugs or alcohol, said Dr. Mack. He said the there was a pressure build up in his brain, which led to the stroke, reported randytravis.com.

The singer from Nashville, Tennessee, was transferred to The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, after his initial admission to the Baylor McKinney hospital in early July.

His physician at Baylor Plano, Dr. Gary Erwin was quoted by Eonline.com as saying, "He does remain on intravenous medications to help support his heart, but we are decreasing the doses of those every day and actually beginning to start him on oral medications which he will use long term to help support his heart.