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Dennis And The Hospital Visit
00:02:20
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| Well, Dennis and Julie were reunited last night. | |
| I went to the hospital where Dennis is, and I had a pretty lengthy visit with him. | |
| I was there for eight hours because I've missed him. | |
| I've missed him so much. | |
| And even as the music was just coming on now, I feel a heaviness in my heart because he's my best friend, he's my co-worker, he's my co-host. | |
| For the past two weeks, I haven't seen him. | |
| I haven't talked to him. | |
| I haven't listened to him. | |
| And I miss him so much. | |
| And it's, you know, yesterday in the hospital, the nurse walked in and asked me for my name and asked me who I was. | |
| And it was funny because Dennis and I kind of both looked at each other like, how would we describe me? | |
| It felt not quite right to say a friend. | |
| Obviously, I'm not blood family or, you know, and co-host feels a little weird. | |
| Maybe I should say protege. | |
| I don't know. | |
| But I was able to spend some time with him yesterday in the hospital. | |
| As I had mentioned. | |
| And I want to tell you the information that we have. | |
| And I know that so many of you are asking for and hoping for information. | |
| And I know that both of us can very much relate to that sentiment. | |
| Because all we all want is information. | |
| But this is a very, very slow climb. | |
| He suffered a very, very serious back injury. | |
| And this is just going to be weeks, months, honestly, for him to recuperate. | |
| And for his body to heal. | |
| And so if we're not telling you information, it's not because we're withholding it. | |
| We don't have information. | |
| But what I will say is that Dennis is 100% mentally there. | |
| 100%. | |
| He even said it to me. | |
| You know? | |
| And with his limited ability to communicate, he mouths words. | |
| He is 100% there. | |
| And I had conversations with him. | |
| And he was keeping up with everything. | |
| And let me tell you, over those hours that I spent with him in the hospital, the thing that I saw that meant the most to him, that gave him a glimmer of light and hope in his eyes, was when I read messages from you. | |
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Please Continue Writing In
00:01:11
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| I went on Dennis and Julie shows and I read the comments. | |
| I read the emails and my email address and I joked with him. | |
| I said, Dennis, what's my email address? | |
| What's Instagram and Twitter? | |
| And he rolled his eyes and smiled. | |
| But I read aloud to him some of the things that you wrote and he would mouth. | |
| Or someone wrote in and said that basically Dennis is the reason why she has her kids and husband. | |
| She kicked off her old habits and took her life seriously because of Dennis. | |
| And it's so cute. | |
| Dennis looks at me and he goes... | |
| Really? | |
| And he's so touched. | |
| So please do continue writing in. | |
| Your thoughts and your prayers mean so much. | |
| And especially if you would care to write in about the specific ways that Dennis has influenced you. | |
| Because right now, and he is someone who knows all too well the importance of happiness and remaining optimistic. | |
| He needs that. | |
| He needs to remember how many people he's influenced. | |
| How many people, God willing, he can continue to influence. | |
| And so your messages give him a will. | |