“90 Day Fiancé” stars Jenny Slatten and Sumit Singh shared that she’s now lost the ability to speak amid her battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
In a heartbreaking video the couple posted on Instagram Sunday, Singh asked Slatten if she wanted to say something to their fans, to which she slowly responded, “No, I can’t talk.”
Singh then shared, “Unfortunately, the ALS is progressing and it’s starting to show more in her talk, like, it’s hard for her to talk now.”
He also noted she has more trouble walking and keeping her balance.
“I feel like it’s more about Jenny losing strength in her backbone and neck and all … her spine, which is making it difficult for Jenny to balance while she’s walking or doing anything,” he explained.
Singh said he had hopes that she could go back to America to receive better treatment than they could get in India — where Slatten moved to marry him — but his visa hasn’t been approved and they both don’t want Slatten to travel without him. Their worry is that once she’s in the US and receiving treatment, she might not be able to return to India.
“If I don’t get the visa, it means that we will be apart forever,” he said. “This is a reason Jenny doesn’t want to go to America without me.”
He pleaded for help, noting how “90 Day Fiancé” cast members Armando Rubio and Kenny Niedermeier received an outpouring of support last month when Rubio wasn’t allowed to cross the border to Arizona from Mexico to see his 13-year-old daughter, Hannah, after she was hospitalized with a medical emergency. After the case received significant attention, Rubio was eventually allowed to enter the US with a humanitarian visa to see Hannah.
Singh, 38, said he was willing to show any documentation he can to get a visa to be able to travel to the US with Slatten, 68.
“I hope someone will be able to come up with a solution, maybe a lawyer or attorney or someone, a specialist in immigration or something,” he said.
“We love each other, and obviously, I want Jenny to start getting treated and I want Jenny to start feeling better or at least [have] a support system that makes [her] at least feel like, not, struggle every day,” he also shared. “If [our relationship and medical plans] are not enough for the embassy in order for me to get a visa, I don’t know whatever situation or condition I will ever be approved.”
The couple has been updating fans on Slatten’s ALS battle since revealing her diagnosis in May. Last month, they set the record straight that she had not been hospitalized, but the disease’s progression was already noticeable in her speech.
“I’m OK,” Slatten said in an Instagram video. “I talk slow but I’m able to take care of myself … with help from him.”
Singh added, “I’m always there for her.”
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