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01.06.2022 - 17:57 / usmagazine.com
NBC News correspondent Richard Engel shared a heartbreaking update on his son Henry’s health amid the 6-year-old’s battle with Rett syndrome.
“For everyone following Henry’s story, unfortunately he’s taken a turn for the worse,” Engel, 48, tweeted on Tuesday, May 31. “His condition progressed and he’s developed dystonia: uncontrolled shaking/ stiffness. He was in the hospital for 6 weeks, but is now home and getting love from brother Theo.”
The journalist welcomed Henry in 2015 with wife Mary Forrest and son Theo arrived four years later. The couple have been candid about their eldest child’s struggles with his rare medical condition and the research being done to find a cure.
When Henry was 2 years old, Engel opened up about learning that the little one may not be able to perform daily tasks, such as walking or dressing himself, due to his disability. “It’s not just delay. It means life long, permanent, untreatable physical and intellectual impairment,” the reporter said on Today in 2018. “Unfortunately, the more we learned about it, the worse the news got.”
Symptoms of Rett syndrome usually aren’t immediately noticeable when a child is born, emerging around 6 to 18 months. The genetic disorder causes developmental delays in speech and can lead to the loss of coordination or use of the hands. While there is no long-term cure, some symptoms may stabilize over time.
While speaking with Today, Engel described the moment he found out about Henry’s condition as being “the worst day” of his life. However, he and Forrest have leaned on one another throughout their journey. “It’s made our relationship stronger actually. We’re all we’ve got,” Engel said in 2018. “We’re all he’s got right now, so we need to be a team.”
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pic.twitter.com/7atwNPhJ6qEngel went on to share that Henry was recently «in the hospital for 6 weeks, but is now home and getting love from brother Theo.» In the video Engel posted, his 2-year-old son, Theo, can be seen sweetly giving Henry a kiss on the forehead as they lay in bed together.Following Engel's update, the show posted his message to Instagram with some background information on Henry's condition.A post shared by TODAY (@todayshow)«Henry was born with a variation of Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that starts with normal early development, which then starts to slow usually around 6 to 18 months of age, causing loss of use of the hands, problems with walking and intellectual disability, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,» the post read. «There is no cure for the condition, and people with Rett syndrome need care to treat their symptoms.»The post was flooded with uplifting comments for Engel, his wife, Mary Forrest, and their son.
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