Jason Gray-Stanford says he feels "lucky" to be alive after a battle with heart failure.

In a personal essay published by Today on Feb. 25, the Monk alum detailed the harrowing experience and how he "likely could have only lived a few more weeks" if he had not received a heart transplant in November 2020. According to the 51-year-old, the entire ordeal first began in 2018, when he noticed that his heart was "beating oddly" while filming in Vancouver, Canada, and went to the emergency room for treatment.