Madeleine Stowe Opens Up About Father's Battle With MS

Oct 14, 2014 1:59pm

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Madeleine Stowe has revealed for the first time her late fathers battle with multiple sclerosis and how, as a child, she helped take care of him.

Stowe is sharing her story as part ofbiotech giant Genzymes new campaign to educate and empower people living with MS.

Back in the day, during my fathers time there were no approved treatment options, she said in a video for the campaign, Lights, Camera, Taken Action on MS. Myearliest memory might have been 2, 3 years old and hearing hes not doing quite well.

Stowe said, There wasnt a high level of anxiety around it. It was, Okay this is different, This is strange. We were childrenbut there was this shadow. The shadow was MS. And we knew very little about it back in those days. There were no alternatives at the time. There was just the disease.

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The Revenge star was the oldest of three children.

I became with my mother, my fathers nursemaid, she recalled. Sometimes I felt like I lacked mercy and I judged him when I shouldnt have, because I didnt fully understand. I thought sometimes his disease was actually something in his character. Of course that wasnt the case.

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Madeleine Stowe Opens Up About Father's Battle With MS