Jimmy Kimmel's son Billy gets third open heart surgery
Jimmy Kimmel
Popular US TV chat show host Jimmy Kimmel has revealed that his son Billy had his third open heart surgery over the weekend.
Taking to Instagram, Jimmy Kimmel wrote, “We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid,” along with a smiling image of Billy from what looks like a hospital bed.
In his post, the late-night host praised the doctors, nurses and staff at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles where Billy was treated.
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In his appreciation post for the hospital, he further wrote, “We hope you never need CHLA, but if you do – know that they help families regardless of their ability to pay, thanks largely to the Affordable Care Act (another salute to the late Senator John McCain), generous donations from companies like Disney, which I am proud to work for and especially from generous people like you.”
He went on to urge people to support Children’s Hospital L.A. and their local children’s hospitals.
Jimmy Kimmel’s son Billy has a congenital heart defect. He had earlier spoken about his boy needing an open-heart surgery. As Billy got treated, Jimmy often took to social media to advocate for health insurance coverage. He even addressed the need for all parents to buy medical coverage for themselves and their families in several interviews. Ever since it was foundthat Billy had a heart defect, Jimmy has been open about having insurance for the family.
In an interview with Hollywood Reporter in 2017, he said, "I knew I had to say something, and I knew that I would get emotional. It occurred to me that maybe we could make it into something positive,” he explained. “I had a lot of time to think at the hospital, and it just so happened that our government was deciding whether or not millions of people should have health care at that time. I think it made a big impact on American citizens. I’m not sure, based on how our so-called leaders voted, whether it made a big impact on the Senate or House.”
He added, “I don’t see what the difference between health care and education is. Every kid should have a right to an education. We don’t seem to have a problem with paying for that."