Former Red Wiggle Murray Cook home from hospital after heart surgery

Former Red Wiggle Murray Cook has been discharged from St Vincent’s Hospital after recently undergoing heart surgery.

Former Red Wiggle Murray Cook recently underwent heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve.

The former children’s entertainer was released from St Vincent’s Hospital last week following a successful procedure earlier this month and is now recovering at home.

Red Wiggle Murray Cook is recoverng from heart surgery ( IMAGE / MONIQUE HARMER)

“[He’s] feeling SO much better after a few days at home,” Cook’s band The Soul Movers wrote on Instagram.

“Thank all of you gorgeous well wishers for all the #love and #support you have given Murray at his time of great need. It was MUCH appreciated (and well deserved) by our gorgeous guy who has given so much love and happiness to so many.”

Prior to undergoing surgery, Cook, 60, told fans that he’s battled with an aortic valve condition his entire life.

Former Red Wiggle Murray Cook discusses open heart surgery at St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney, , From source:, https://www.instagram.com/p/CIM7_7qBXUn/

“A big thank you to everyone who sent their support. For those who haven’t heard, tomorrow I am having heart surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve,” Cook shared.

“Its a condition I have been aware of all my life and I knew at some stage I’d need surgery. It’s a fairly routine procedure but pretty major and I’ll be recovering for about six weeks. See y’all then.”

Murray Cook reuniting with the Wiggles during the Concert For Bushfire Relief. Picture: Flavio Brancaleone

Cook (right) on stage with fellow Wiggles in 2012. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Cook told The Daily Telegraph that he knew something was wrong when he struggled to breathe while swimming.

“Normally I could do 10 laps pretty easily but I did four and had to stop for five minutes to catch my breath, so I thought something was wrong and went to see my cardiologist,” he said.

“A lot of people have this kind of thing and don’t know about it so if you’re feeling breathless and struggling more than you normally would, get to your doctor.

I had a Bicuspid aortic valve, what that means is that over the years it hardened and wouldn’t let the blood from the heart into the aorta so I had to have that replaced.

I’ve known this was coming for quite a while since I was a child, so it wasn’t a huge shock.

I’m doing pretty well, I got out of hospital last Wednesday and it’s just a slow recovery. I get tired very easily but I’m doing all of the rehab like walking and other exercises so it’s all coming along.

I was in hospital for a couple of weeks but I’m going really well now. With open heart surgery it’s a slow recovery process but after a couple of months I should be pretty good. I’ll be back on stage next month and will probably take it easier than I have in the past.”

Cook, who was a founding member of The Wiggles, retired from the group in 2012 after more than a decade.

Earlier this year, Cook reunited with his original Wiggles bandmates Anthony Field, Greg Page and Jeff Fatt for a bushfire relief concert.

Page, 48, collapsed on stage and went into cardiac arrest at Castle Hill RSL and later underwent surgery for a coronary occlusion, a blockage of one of the major blood vessels to the heart.