Eric Dane is revealing the devastating results of his ALS analysis.
The “Grey’s Anatomy” alum, 52, spoke about his well being battle on “Good Morning America” Monday in his first interview since his analysis, telling Diane Sawyer that he now has solely “one functioning arm.”
“My left side is functioning, my right side has completely stopped working,” Dane defined. “[My left arm] is going. I feel like maybe a couple more months and I won’t have my left hand either. It’s sobering.”
Dane revealed that he began having signs of the neurodegenerative illness that impacts muscle motion a yr and a half in the past when he had weak point in his proper hand. He underwent 9 months of testing earlier than getting his analysis in April.
“I didn’t really think anything of it at the time,” Dane informed Sawyer, 79. “I thought maybe I’d been texting too much or my hand was fatigued, but a few weeks later I noticed it got a little worse.”
“So I went and saw a hand specialist, who sent me to another hand specialist,” he recalled. “I went and saw a neurologist and the neurologist sent me to another neurologist and said, ‘This is way above my pay grade.’”
“I will never forget those three letters,” Dane stated of receiving his ALS analysis. “It’s on me the second I wake up. It’s not a dream.”
The “Marley & Me” star additionally recounted the time that he misplaced performance in his legs whereas he was snorkeling, which led to one in all his daughters having to rescue him.
“She dragged me back to the boat,” stated Dane. “I was like, breaking down in tears. I made sure she got back to the water with her friend and continued on with the snorkeling. I was just heartbroken.”
Dane shares two daughters, Billie Beatrice, 15, and Georgia Geraldine, 13, together with his spouse Rebecca Gayheart.
The couple bought married in 2004. Gayheart, 53, filed for divorce in 2018, however in March, only one month earlier than Dane revealed his analysis, she dismissed the divorce.
Dane bought choked up as he famous Gayheart’s assist on “GMA” and stated that he talks to her on daily basis.
“We have managed to become better friends and better parents,” he shared. “She is probably my biggest champion and my most stalwart supporter. And I lean on her.”
“I’m fighting as much as I can,” Dane went on to say. “There’s so much about it that’s out of my control. I’m angry because, you know, my father was taken from me when I was young and now there’s a very good chance I’m going to be taken from my girls while they’re very young.”
“At the end of the day, all I want to do is spend time with my family and work a little bit if I can,” he added. “They’re loved. They know it.”
Regardless of his ALS battle, Dane is continuous to movie “Euphoria” Season 3. He has performed Cal Jacobs on the HBO sequence since 2019.
