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Eric Dane Now receiving round-the-clock care to help him make his life-changing diagnosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosishis estranged wife revealed.
this Grey’s Anatomy Star, 53 years old, who is here April announces he has ALS, an incurable neurodegenerative diseasehas been legally married to Rebecca Gayheart since 2004. She filed for divorce in 2018; however, she later dismissed the petition in March Keeping the family together despite Dane’s health challenges. They have two daughters.
In a new first-person essay tailoringGayheart candidly shared, “Eric now has a nurse 24/7.”
She recounted her uphill battle with her insurance company to get approved for full-time care, recalling: “With the nurse, the lady at the insurance company said to me, ‘You can keep applying and I’m going to keep saying no,’ and I was like, oh? that.
“I made it my mission. I was ‘locked,’ as the kids say. I fell down, and I locked it. After two appeals, we got it approved.”
She explained that “the week is divided into 21 shifts,” and when there are no shifts, she fills in.
Looking back on the time they’ve spent together since their diagnosis, Gayhart said: “It’s all been very positive and I think it’s good for the kids to see a softer side to us. It’s not that they want us to be together – kids always dream about their parents getting back together and I think we don’t do that now because they understand the reality of the situation. Hopefully what they see is two adults trying to be mature and focus on what’s important.”
Although they have been separated for eight years Jawbreaker The actor looks back fondly on their marriage.
“We have been married for a long time – we were married for 15 years – and we have two beautiful girls,” she said. “But there’s a lot of crazy stuff going on in our relationship, and it’s not good.”
Speaking about their convoluted, “very complicated” relationship, Gayheart explained: “We were separated, but we never divorced; we were going to divorce, but we didn’t. We haven’t lived in the same home in eight years; he’s dated other people, I’ve dated other people. It’s a very complicated relationship and it’s confusing. Our love may not have been romantic, but it was a familial love.”
Dane, who rose to fame playing Dr. Mark Sloan. Grey’s AnatomyDespite his diminished mobility, he has been vocal about his desire to continue working.
“As an actor, my physical abilities are pretty limited, but I still have my brain, I still have my speech, so I’m willing to do anything. I’ll play any role,” he told The Verge earlier this month I have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis organize.
“From now on, it has to be ALS-centric. It would be very difficult for me to play any other role. I’m happy with that. I’m grateful that I can still work in any capacity.”
last month, Dane appears in smart mind As a firefighter with ALS, this is his first screen role since publicly sharing his diagnosis.