MEREDITH VIEIRA is praying an experimental drug will save her husband, whose health continues to deteriorate from his decades-long struggle with multiple sclerosis, a source says.
Ailing Richard Cohen, 65, is legally blind and gets around with a cane, but Meredith, 59, says he’ll soon enter a clinical trial for a therapy using his own stem cells.
The treatment “has not been done with MS before,” she recently told Bravo talk-show host Andy Cohen.
“Fingers crossed that it will be successful and maybe at least it will stop the illness at this point.”
A source close to the valiant TV veteran told The ENQUIRER: “Meredith is desperate to prolong Richard’s life. She’s watched him struggle for so many years, taking medications that haven’t helped.
“It’s been difficult for her. She felt helpless.”