![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wife-of-man-with-mnd-doesnt-know-how-shell-tell-kids-their-dad-42-is-dying/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Scots-wife-of-man-with-MND-doesnt-know-how-shell-deal-with-telling-kids-their-dad-is-dyingAndre.jpg&description=Andrew Hogg was dealt a heartbreaking diagnosis of motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia last month, and has now been given just years to liveAndrew and his wife Alex are parents to three young children The wife of a man who has recently been given just years to live after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease and a form of dementia "doesn't know how she'll deal" with telling her three young children that their dad is dying. Andrew Hogg, 42, has become absent-minded and confused in his speech over the last year or so, with his personality altered due to the dibilitating conditions. Last month, the ex-squaddie was given years to live having officially been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), with his first symptoms showing last December. It's led to Andrew becoming more withdrawn and less empathetic, and he also suffers with twitches in his upper body and problems with his speech. The dad-of-three from Kirkliston, Scotland, also used to work as a prison officer and forklift driver, but has been warned he will be left paralysed as a result of his diagnosis. His wife Alex, 36, has battled with ways to tell their three young kids - Lea, 15, Noah, nine, and Gabriel, eight - about their dad's worsening state. Andrew Hogg, 42, has recently been diagnosed with motor neurone disease and a form of dementia "We've been struggling with the diagnosis. I've been trying not to be upset about going from us being a team to just being on my own," she told the Daily Record. "He's still here, but cognitively he's declining quite quickly, especially in the last week. The boys are too little to explain it properly and my daughter doesn't fully understand – I've been trying to explain it in a delicate way. "I know the outcome of this – but how do you tell your kids about what's going to happen? I don't know how to deal with that. It just doesn't feel real, or fair." Andrew's symptoms first showed themselves in December 2021 when h){kind=link}
Andrew Hogg was dealt a heartbreaking diagnosis of motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia last month, and has now been given just years to live
The wife of a man who has recently been given just years to live after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease and a form of dementia “doesn’t know how she’ll deal” with telling her three young children that their dad is dying.
Andrew Hogg, 42, has become absent-minded and confused in his speech over the last year or so, with his personality altered due to the dibilitating conditions.
Last month, the ex-squaddie was given years to live having officially been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), with his first symptoms showing last December.
It’s led to Andrew becoming more withdrawn and less empathetic, and he also suffers with twitches in his upper body and problems with his speech.