Jamie-Lynn Sigler reveals her son Beau, 11, has ‘not a single memory’ from ‘nightmare’ hospitalization
Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s son Beau has no recollection of his recent hospitalization.
During a Tuesday episode of Sigler and Christina Applegate’s podcast “Messy,” the 43-year-old revealed that the 11-year-old has “no memory” of being in the hospital in August.
“The brain is wild that he has no memory of what he went through,” Sigler shared with listeners. “We talked about and prayed that he wouldn’t. He has not a single memory of anything, up until the last week in the hospital.”
Beau was hospitalized last month and diagnosed with the rare inflammatory autoimmune disorder acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe inflammatory autoimmune disorder affecting the central nervous system, per the National Institutes of Health.
“I’m proud of him and I almost feel like I’m numb to my own emotions and dealing with it. I’m sure it will come up at some point and I’ll deal with it,” Sigler continued.
Applegate, 52, joked, “It’s gonna be alone in the shower, and then, you’re gonna p–s and s–t yourself. It’s gonna be great.”
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 response that kids can get to a simple virus like a cold or strep,” she explained on the Aug. 6 episode. “[The doctors] said it’s compared to getting struck by lightning. That it’s the most rare thing.”
Sigler, who also has son Jack, 6, with her 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 photo of the mother-son pair smiling. “Beau has what we believe to be, ADEM.”
“To say this has been hard, is an understatement, and I’ve never felt more broken … ,” Sigler added.
But a few weeks later, Beau was able to leave the hospital.
“After 33 days, we are busting out of here! My brave boy, you are a walking miracle,” Sigler wrote via Instagram. “The rest of this story will be Beau’s to tell, if he chooses to one day. Thank you to the INCREDIBLE staff at Dells Children’s Hospital. The way you take care of your patients and the way you guide their families through the process, I just don’t have enough words.”
The “Big Sky” alum concluded: “I’m in awe of 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 own sentiments on Tuesday’s podcast, labeling Beau a “literal miracle.”
“I had medical professionals look at us and be like, ‘This is not at all what we saw coming.’ So, to everyone that has sent my sweet boy the love and the energy and the prayers and however you phrase it, however you sent it — the moment this podcast came out and I put it out to the world, I felt a shift, I saw a shift,” stated the mom of two.
“No matter what you believe, whatever is gonna happen in life, I think, is gonna happen. But the difference that can be made with love and energy of, like, how somebody handles it or how somebody comes through it, I think, is very real.”
Sigler added that Beau has since become the “most grateful, happy human” while his “brain is still healing.”
She shared: “He thanks everybody every day, all day. He’s just, like, telling everybody they’re awesome.”
