![]() “There a roomful of doctors attempted to find out what was wrong. Once admitted to a hospital, Griffith said that doctors struggled to diagnose his condition. Yet I was so desperate for relief from the pain that I took some of the codeine prescribed for Cindi for her throat. “We couldn’t reach any of our doctors that weekend. “When I stood up and took a few steps, I pitched headlong into a nightmare,” Griffith said. However, after watching the race on television, Griffith collapsed to the ground in pain and lost feeling in his feet. Cindi and I joked about our invalid status and settled in that Saturday to watch the Kentucky Derby on television.” As I got better, the symptoms of influenza were replaced by pain–terrible, searing pain that ricocheted through my entire body. Not exactly a honeymoon of the rich and famous,” Griffith added. While she was recuperating, I got a bad case of the flu. “Early the next morning we drove over to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Dr. He determined her sore throats were coming from her tonsils, and scheduled an operation. So, shortly after our marriage we returned to Los Angeles and went to see a throat specialist, Dr. “Cindi had had frequent and major attacks of sore throat all of her life. Ageism is rampant in Hollywood, and although I was only in my fifties, work was getting harder and harder to find,” Griffith wrote. “When she married me in April 1983, I was not at the pinnacle of my career. In 1983, Griffith married Cindi Knight, but their first moments together were instantly full of trials that they had to face together. “Let me tell you about one of the hardest times in my own life, and how I found this to be true.” But I firmly believe that in every situation, no matter how difficult, God extends grace greater than the hardship, and strength and peace of mind that can lead us to a place higher than where we were before,” Griffith wrote in an article from 1996. “Each of us faces pain, no two ways about it. For similar stories, click here.Īctor Andy Griffith, best known for THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and MATLOCK, recalled how God’s grace is evident in life’s most difficult trials. ![]() ![]() Note: This story is part of our Faith in Hollywood series. Andy Griffith on His Battle With a Rare Nerve Disease: ‘I Never Stopped Thanking God for the Help He Provided’
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