His wife can no longer work or drive, meaning this wildly successful and independent woman he fell in love with is now completely dependent on him.
They moved closer to her parents and siblings, who have been great support.
“I would be truly lost without the abundance of love and from her sister, brother, mom, and dad who have all played critical roles in not just love and care, but filling in every single gap, every day, that needs to be filled,” Darian said. “I am blessed to have them and could not possibly navigate without their love. They are an incredible family.”
Darian is his wife’s primary caregiver. Lately, the routine is for him to drop her 13-year-old off at school every morning and pick up a coffee for his wife. She’s always there waiting in the garage for him.
“It’s the cutest thing,” he says. “The key that every neurologist would tell you is that even though there’s no cure, the best drug you can give her is to keep her busy and active. I’ve found the best drug for her is to keep her happy. If I can make her laugh, that’s what I want to do.”
Since the diagnosis, he’s tried to do that as much as possible.
They went to a Luke Combs concert at Gillette Stadium together this summer, and it made her happy, despite the show ending early due to thunderstorms. She loves New York City, so he took her there for a weekend at the luxury Plaza Hotel on 5th Avenue.
Traveling together is not as easy as it once was. Darian laughs now, retelling the horror story of how he lost track of his wife for 40 minutes after getting out of the elevator to go to the Plaza’s iconic Champagne Bar, realizing she wasn’t right behind him after the door slid closed. Still, he’s looking for any chance he can get to put her on a plane and show her something different.
Recently, that activity was a Boston Bruins game. She had been bugging him for a while to get back to TD Garden, and he…
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