Jamie-Lynn Sigler reveals her 11-year-old son Beau has ‘no memory’ of his ‘nightmare’ hospitalization
Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s son Beau has no memory of being recently hospitalized.
During Tuesday’s episode of Sigler and Christina Applegate’s podcast “Messy,” the 43-year-old revealed that the 11-year-old has “no memory” of her hospital stay in August.
“The brain damage is so bad that he doesn’t remember anything he went through,” Sigler told the audience. “We talked about it and prayed that he wouldn’t have to go through this. He has no memory of anything until the last week he spent in the hospital.”
Beau was hospitalized last month and diagnosed with the rare inflammatory autoimmune disorder, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, which is a rare and serious inflammatory autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system, according to the National Institutes of Health.
“I’m proud of that and I feel like I’ve become numb to my emotions and haven’t been able to deal with them. I’m sure it will come out at some point and I’ll deal with it,” Sigler continued.
“It’s going to be alone in the shower, and then, you’re going to cover yourself with piss and shit. It’s going to be awesome,” Applegate, 52, joked.
Last month, Sigler revealed on the podcast that her eldest son had been in the hospital for four weeks and was officially diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
“It’s a very rare neurological autoimmune reaction that children can have to simple viruses like a cold or strep,” he explained on the August 6 episode.[The doctors] He said it could be compared to being struck by lightning. It is the rarest thing.”
Sigler, who also has 6-year-old son Jack with husband Cutter Dykstra, first revealed her son’s diagnosis on social media in August.
“Four weeks ago, what seemed like a normal virus for our son turned into a nightmare,” “The Sopranos” actress wrote alongside a smiling photo of the mother-son duo. “Beau has what we believe in, ADEM.”
Sigler said, “To say it’s been difficult would be an understatement, and I’ve never felt so broken…”
But a few weeks later, Beau was able to be discharged from the hospital.
“After 33 days, we’re getting out of here! My brave son, you are a walking miracle,” Sigler wrote on Instagram. “The rest of this story is for Beau to tell, if he wishes to do so one day. Thank you to the incredible staff at The Dalles Children’s Hospital. I don’t have enough words for the way you care for your patients and the way you guide their families through this process.”
The “Big Sky” alum concluded: “I am overwhelmed by your patience, dedication and expertise … but, no offense.. I hope we never see you again. Thank you all for the love and prayers. They worked.”
Sigler echoed her sentiments on Tuesday’s podcast, calling Beau a “real miracle.”
“The medical professionals looked at us and said, ‘This is absolutely not what we expected to come.’ So, everybody who has sent love and energy and prayers to my sweet son and whatever way you say it, whatever way you send it — the moment this podcast came out and I put it out to the world, I felt a change, I saw a change,” the mother of two said.
“Regardless of what you believe, I think whatever is going to happen in life is going to happen. But the difference that love and energy makes in terms of how someone handles it or how someone comes out of it, I think, is very real.”
Sigler said Beau has since become “the most grateful, happy person,” while his “brain is still healing.”
He added: “He thanks everyone every day, all day long. He just keeps telling everyone they’re amazing.”
