“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson’s household gave an replace on the household patriarch’s well being, a number of months after his Alzheimer’s analysis.
On the April 2 episode of the “Unashamed with the Robertson Family” podcast, sons Jase and Al Robertson, and their cousin, Zach Dasher, revealed that Phil isn’t doing properly.
“The No. 1 query I get in every single place I’m going [is], ‘How’s your dad doing?’ Now, I’m simply giving the blunt fact. I say, ‘Not good,'” Jase said.
He added that Phil is now receiving “some professional care.”
Phil Robertson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in December, is “not good,” according to his son Jase. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Jase also shared that Zach had recently visited Phil and had a difficult time with Phil’s situation.
“I pulled in when Zach was coming out … and I was like, ‘How’d that go?'” he recalled. “And Zach just lost it, you know, and I kind of realized in that moment when you’re in these battles day by day you kind of compartmentalize everything just so you can deal with it.”
“We’re making him comfortable and we’re doing the best we can. I think that’s just what you do,” Jase stated.
Zach additionally skilled the results of Alzheimer’s together with his personal mom. He stated that the go to was tough partially as a result of he hadn’t seen Phil shortly and his decline appeared extra intense in comparison with the day-to-day expertise of the speedy household.
Pictured from left: Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson, from the A&E collection, “Duck Dynasty”. (AP)
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“I think when you’re in it like you guys are, you’re seeing the fade. But I hadn’t been around or seen him in a few months. So I come in and it’s like, ‘Whoa,'” he stated, evaluating it to Si Robertson having an identical expertise with Zach’s mother.
“I’ve said this a lot about dementia and Alzheimer’s. But I think anyone in our audience who’s gone through it … this will resonate with them — that we talk a lot about how it steals the memories of the ones who have the disease,” he stated.
Zach continued, “But for me, it also steals the memory of the ones caring for the people who have the disease, because you’re seeing this slow progression over time, and it’s just hard to watch.”
“We appreciate the prayers,” Jase stated of the outpouring of help from household, mates and followers.
Phil’s nephew, Zach, just lately visited him, and witnessed the toll the illness has taken on his uncle. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Picture Financial institution/NBCUniversal by way of Getty Pictures by way of Getty Pictures)
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He first shared the downturn in his father’s well being in December, saying on the podcast that Phil has the “early stages of Alzheimer’s.”
“It’s like accelerated, and it’s causing problems with his entire body. And he has early stages of Alzheimer’s. So, if you put those things together, he’s really not doing well. He’s struggling,” Jase stated on the time.
Willie Robertson, Phil’s son, additionally spoke with Fox Information Digital by telephone on the time and clarified that Phil is “battling a lot of different things right now.”
“He’s got a blood disorder, and then he’s got the mental issues that could be early [on-set] Alzheimer’s … and probably some mini-strokes because of his blood,” Willie defined. “And so, it could be some stroke stuff happening, that has happened. So, we’re still checking on all that. But then he also has a back issue. He’s fractured his back and that’s where the pain’s at. So, he’s kind of battling many different things at the same time.”
Willie Robertson advised Fox Information Digital in December his dad additionally had a “blood disorder” and different well being circumstances. (Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal by way of Getty Pictures)
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On the current episode of the podcast, Jase additionally shared that their mom, Miss Kay, has been recovering within the hospital from an an infection following a reduce she received from a fall.
“We were kind of dealing with the fact that this was it,” he stated, however famous that she was enhancing.
