Prayers of support and condolences are being sent to members of the Robertson family after news broke over the weekend that “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Social media influencer Sadie Robertson Huff reached out to her followers after her uncle, Jase Robertson, revealed the diagnosis on Friday’s episode of the “Unashamed with the Robertson Family” podcast.
“Phil’s not doing well. I think I spoke on the 1,000th podcast, we were trying to figure out the diagnosis, but according to the doctors, he has some sort of blood disease causing all kinds of problems,” Jase shared.
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“It’s like accelerated, and it’s causing problems with his entire body. And he has early stages of Alzheimer’s. So, if you put those things together, he’s really not doing well. He’s struggling,” he continued.
Phil is a big part of the podcast, but due to his declining health has not been able to join recently.
“I’m like, ‘Well Phil, you can barely walk around without crying out in pain, and your memory is not what it once was.’ He’s like, ‘Tell me about it.’ So he is literally unable to—I think he would agree—to just sit down and have a conversation,” Jase said.
“He misses it. He misses the stories we tell,” he added.
Jase also shared that the family has a team of doctors, but they feel there is no cure for what he has.
“We’re trying to do a lot of things to figure out how to make him more comfortable and maybe help with his memory,” he said.
Robertson Huff, Phil’s granddaughter, responded to the announcement on social media, “Seeing all of the articles go out yesterday about my grandpa’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis has kept my tears flowing… something about it being public makes it even more real.”
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