Christina ApplegateAmerican actress who is known worldwide for her role in the humorous series, “Married with Children”, revealed in 2021 that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the brain and generates involuntary spasms in the body, among other ailments. .
An illness that changed the dynamics of her family, consisting of her husband, Martyn LeNoble, and her 13-year-old daughter, Sadie, who was recently diagnosed with another chronic illness: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).
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Christina’s daughter’s illness
This was revealed by the teenager in the “MesSy” podcast hosted by her mother. She spoke at length about her illness, which she assumed she still does not fully understand. “I have something called POTS. I have no idea what it really is, but it has something to do with the autoimmune nervous system and it affects my heart,” she began by saying.
Regarding her symptoms, Sadie said that she had been suffering from fainting spells, tachycardia when standing up, fainting spells and tremors, which were initially dismissed by her school, where she spent much of the day, as they thought she did so to escape. obligations.
“In class, if I stood up and said, ‘I have to go to the nurse.’ I couldn’t do it. Or if I’m in physical education and I say, ‘I have to go to the nurse,'” they would say, ‘You’re doing this to get out of class’. ‘It’s probably just anxiety. Go back to class ‘(…) The fact that they didn’t do anything about it definitely hurt me physically and emotionally,” she acknowledged.
Applegate empathized with her daughter and sadly told her, “I feel sorry for you, honey. I really feel sorry for you. I’m sad. But I love you and I know you’re going to be okay. I am here for you and I believe you. And thank you for bringing this to light and giving visibility.”
Despite the harshness of her diagnosis, Sadie indicated that having a congenital disease has made her understand the reality that her mother is going through. “Like when my mom says, ‘Oh, it hurts a little bit here now. Oh, I’m having the shakes.’ If she didn’t have this, she probably wouldn’t understand it at all.” ‘I do not know what you’re talking about'”, he asserted.
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