JASON LEE WAS NINE when his father, Robert, was diagnosed with diabetes. Robert, a retired university dean with a Ph.D. in psychology, handled it—for 15 years—until one night when he woke up in a disoriented daze. His blood sugar had dropped dangerously low. Jason woke up, too. And that’s when he saw something on his father’s face he hadn’t ever seen before: panic.
Robert recovered, with no serious medical complications. But Jason knew his dad was vulnerable to the unknown and unpredictable, and he figured he could either face the changes and assist his mom wherever necessary or deny the reality that Robert was aging. He chose the former, and when his mom suffered a mini stroke ten years later, he was ready to step up for her as well. Now, beyond the media skills he’s honed for his day job,
