"Gayheart has regularly had to battle with insurance companies to make sure that Dane, from whom she has been separated since 2017, receives adequate health services, including round-the-clock nursing care. 'Eric has 24/7 nurses now,' wrote Gayheart, who shares two daughters, Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13, with Dane, 53. The company twice denied her request for full-time nursing care but she said she locked it in and prevailed after filing appeal after appeal."
"Elsewhere in her essay, Gayheart writes about the moment that Dane called her from his neurologist's office in San Francisco, his hometown, to inform her that he had just been diagnosed with ALS. The degenerative and incurable disease, which also is known as Lou Gehrig's disease, depletes and destroys the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, eventually causing paralysis."
Rebecca Gayheart has become one of Eric Dane's primary caregivers as he lives with increasingly debilitating ALS symptoms. She has regularly battled insurance companies to secure round-the-clock nursing care, appealing repeated denials until approval. Dane currently has 24/7 nurses, though coverage sometimes lapses, leaving Gayheart to cover uncovered shifts herself. Gayheart and Dane share two daughters, Billie, 15, and Georgia, 13. Gayheart has been separated from Dane since 2017 but continues in the support role. Dane received an ALS diagnosis after struggling with certain movements, and both reacted to the news with tears.
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