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Jamie-Lynn Sigler Recalls Nights She ‘Fell Apart, Terrified’ Fearing Her Son Beau 'Was Going to Die' (Exclusive)
'The Sopranos' actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, 43, remembers nights when she ‘fell apart, terrified’ fearing her son Beau 'was going to die' after he was diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare autoimmune condition. Sigler says her experience coping with multiple sclerosis has helped with her son's remarkable recovery.
Beau was admitted to Dell Children's Medical Center in their hometown of Austin, Texas, and diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition known as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM, which causes inflammation of the central nervous system and can develop after a viral or bacterial infection. For more than a month, Sigler stayed at the hospital by Beau's side while Dykstra cared for their younger son, Jack, 7, and she drew upon her years of experience managing the challenges of MS. "Sometimes when you take the focus off yourself and make yourself a service, your body shows up for you," says Sigler, a spokesperson for Novartis who developed a guide with the drug company to help others manage life with the degenerative neurological disease.
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