Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane has disclosed his ALS diagnosis with the public and has been open about his health condition ever since.
The ASL Association describes the condition as a “rare, terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction.”
Speaking of his diagnosis, Dane told People at the time, “I have been diagnosed with ALS.
“I am grateful to have my loving family by my side as we navigate this next…I kindly ask that you give my family and I privacy during this time.”
Dane missed this year’s Emmys. He was expected to join the series’ cast for their 20th anniversary, but was absent from stage due to a fall related to his ASL diagnosis. “ALS is a nasty disease,” he said. “So I was in the hospital during the Emmys getting stitches put in my head.”
He said he was “really upset” about missing the milestone moment, but added that “there was nothing I could do about it.
“It would have been great to see Jesse and get reunited with some of my peers, and to be able to present in front of my colleagues, I thought, would have been a special moment.”
Since his diagnosis, Dane has been seen a few times in Los Angeles. Most recently, he was photographed with his wife, Rebecca Gayheart, and their 13-year-old daughter, Georgia, enjoying dinner at a sushi restaurant in West Hollywood. He was in a wheelchair.
According to PageSix, the actor “appeared to be in good spirits, wearing a casual black T-shirt and beige pants.”
Rebecca and Eric are also parents to 15-year-old Billie. In an interview with People magazine in September, Rebecca said the news has been especially hard on their daughters.
“I mean, it’s heartbreaking,” she told People. “My girls are really suffering, and we’re just trying to get through it. It’s a tough time.”
Back in June, Eric Dane opened up about the first ALS symptoms he experienced.
Appearing on Good Morning America, he revealed, “I started experiencing some weakness in my right hand, and I didn’t really think anything of it at the time.
“I thought maybe I had been texting too much or my hand was fatigued. But a few weeks later I noticed it had gotten a little worse, so I went and saw a hand specialist, and he sent me to another hand specialist.”
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The actor continued, “I went and saw a neurologist and they sent me to another neurologist and said this is way above [his] pay grade.”
Doctors were only able to diagnose him nine months after he had experienced the initial symptoms.
“I have one functioning arm, my dominant side is [my right], my left side is functioning, my right side is completely stopped working.”
Dane concluded. “My left arm is going, I feel like a couple few more months and I wont have my left either, it is sobering.”
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