ctor Bruce Willis\u2019 dementia diagnosis was not just a heartbreaking moment for the family but the entire world. Fans who adore the actor mourned the news that meant the actor would be stepping back from acting.<\/p>\n
Now, almost four years after the family first revealed his diagnosis, Emma Heming Willis is giving fans another update. Keep reading to learn more.<\/p>\n
In 2022, the Willis family revealed that Bruce Willis had been diagnosed with aphasia, which is a type of condition that impacts how a person communicates with others.<\/p>\n
A year after the initial diagnosis, Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).<\/p>\n
FTD is \u2018an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain\u2019, according to the Mayo Clinic. The parts of the brain it affects are linked with personality, behavior, and language.<\/p>\n
FTD usually impacts people who are younger as opposed to Alzheimer\u2019s disease which is usually diagnosed between the ages of 40 and 65 years old. At the time of his diagnosis, Willis was 67 years old.<\/p>\n
The actor\u2019s wife, Emma, has been very open about the family\u2019s experience with the diagnosis. She shares updates about the actor and how he is doing.<\/p>\n
She recently appeared on Cameron Oaks Rogers\u2019 The Unexpected Journey podcast where she talked about Bruce Willis. She said her husband was not aware that he had dementia and that he has \u2018never connected the dots\u2019 which Emma says is \u2018happy\u2019 about.<\/p>\n
She said, \u201cI think that\u2019s like the blessing and the curse of this, is that he never connected the dots that he had this disease, and I\u2019m really happy about that.<\/p>\n
She added further, \u201cI\u2019m really happy that he doesn\u2019t know about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The host Cameron asked her about lucid moments, she asked, \u201cWhen you\u2019re with Bruce, do you ever tap into this moment where you feel like it\u2019s still him because he knows who you are?\u201d<\/p>\n
Emma answered, \u201cYeah, he\u2019s still very much present in his body. His disease, for the most part, is a slow progression. So we have progressed along with him. We have adapted along with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
She went on to clarify, \u201cWhen someone says to me \u2018Does Bruce still know who you are?\u2019 \u2013 yes he does because he doesn\u2019t have Alzheimer\u2019s. He had FTD.\u201d<\/p>\n
For those diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s, an early symptom is usually memory impairment, but the same is not the case with FTD. However, as FTD progresses, memory impairment worsens.<\/p>\n
Emma went on to say, \u201cHe has a way of connecting with me, our children that might not be the same as you would connect with your loved one, but it\u2019s still very beautiful.<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cIt\u2019s still very meaningful. It\u2019s just \u2014 it\u2019s just different. You just learn how to adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is both a heartbreaking and a reassuring update from Emma Heming Willis about her husband Bruce Willis. What do you think about it? Let us know in the comments section on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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