Alyssa Milano Provides Update on Her Uncle, Who Remains in the ICU Following Their Car Crash

Alyssa Milanois providing another update on her uncle’s condition after hesuffered a heart attack while driving on a Los Angeles freewaylast week, resulting in a car accident.

TheCharmedalum, 48, was a passenger in a 2020 Ford Edge SUV, and said Monday that the crash involved “some of the most horrifying moments of my life.” Her uncle, Mitchell J. Carp, has been hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center since the Aug. 17 accident.

“Uncle Mitch is still in and out of consciousness. He’s on life support,” Milano said in a TikTok. “My brother went there yesterday and played him some oldies, and his whole body started moving. So, he really loved that. The nurses at the UCLA Medical Center and the doctors are taking such incredible care of Uncle Mitch, but he’s got a long road ahead of him.”

Milano added that Carp had spiked a fever over the weekend, leading doctors to believe he may also have an infection.

“Uncle Mitch is a fighter,” she said. “The doctors say that every day is a miracle that he still hangs on.”

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Milano received supportive messages across social media from some of her famous friends following the accident. “Saying a prayer for your Uncle Mitch,“Wanda Sykeswrote as actressTara Strongsaid, “So glad you are all ok.”

David Arquettereplied with three red heart emoji, andDanica McKellarwrote: “Praying for your family!”

source: people.com