Overview
- Gayheart says Dane now has round-the-clock nursing that required repeated insurance appeals, with uncovered shifts she sometimes fills and friends step in to cover.
- She describes their relationship as non-romantic but familial after separating in 2018 without divorcing, emphasizing co-parenting and mutual support.
- The couple prioritizes time with daughters Billie, 15, and Georgia, 14, as they rework schedules to be together more often.
- Gayheart recalls Dane’s first symptoms about a year before diagnosis, including hand weakness and difficulty using chopsticks at meals with their children.
- Dane continues to work publicly, including portraying a firefighter with ALS on Brilliant Minds in November, and has received an outpouring of support from friends and the public.