Dennis Prager, the conservative radio host, writer, and co-founder of PragerU, shared an update on his health after suffering a fall that has left him paralyzed from the neck down, saying the key to remaining joyful in the midst of suffering is remaining grateful.
The 77-year-old gave more details about his health journey in a second interview with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit. The pair discussed a variety of topics, including faith, family, and “America’s moral crisis,” but he also touched on the “miracle” that he is living out despite being confined to a wheelchair.
“So let me give everybody an update because I really believe, as I did before, in transparency,” he began. “So I remain paralyzed. But the biggest work, in fact, virtually all the work that has been done has been to enable me to breathe better because the … nerves to my diaphragm have been severely injured.”
“In fact, a number of doctors, independently of one another, have described the fact that I am talking as a quote ‘a miracle.’ And these are not religious people. I am cognizant of how lucky I am to be able to speak,” he continued.
PragerU announced in November 2024 that the co-founder suffered a severe spinal injury at the C3 and C4 vertebrae, which affected his diaphragm and movement below his shoulders. He did not sustain any brain damage. Despite efforts last June to return on-air, Prager faced a few setbacks.
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He noted in his recent interview that even in the midst of tragedy, he is also experiencing a new level of gratitude.
“Life is a tragedy as well as a glory,” he expressed. “That gratitude is everything. Gratitude has been a large measure of what has sustained me.”
The New York native says he is grateful for the life he lived before the accident, and that his accident doesn’t dictate his outlook.
“And why would that leave? Because I had this terrible fall. Why would the gratitude be shattered? Do all those years not count? Everybody has to ask that question.”
“People who have terrible things happen go, ‘Why me?’ But they don’t go, ‘Why me’ when great things happen? ‘Why me? [I] have good health. [I] have a good marriage and good friends,'” Prager added.
He continued, “Happiness is a serious problem. And I am very grateful that I have a nature that has, as Dr. Steven Marmer put it in an interview…I have great shock absorbers.”
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