Natalie ‘Nadya’ Suleman’s Son Remembers Witnessing Grandfather’s Horrific Accident

• Natalie “Nadya” Suleman and her youngsters seemed again on the horrific accident that left her dad paralyzed within the newest episode of the Confessions of Octomom
• Suleman mentioned her dad, Ed Doud Suleman, struggled with alcoholism after the dying of her mother
• Suleman’s son Elijah, now 23, mentioned Ed “was in all probability ingesting all morning and he fell down the steps when he was making an attempt to carry down his dishes”

Natalie “Nadya” Suleman and her son are trying again on a horrific accident.

On the newest episode of the Confessions of Octomom Lifetime docuseries, launched Monday, April 7, Suleman, 49, and her youngsters recalled the occasions that led to her dad changing into paralyzed. 

Suleman mentioned her dad, Ed Doud Suleman, struggled with alcoholism after the dying of her mother. “After my mother handed, he informed me on the telephone he’s going to drink himself to dying,” she mentioned within the episode.

The fact star mentioned her dad’s substance abuse “deteriorated” with out her mother, revealing that he had gone by means of rehab about seven occasions, however described it as “fruitless.”

“Though they weren’t even married, they have been so intertwined within the cloth of their souls,” Suleman mentioned of her mother and father’ relationship. “Typically when individuals are collectively — 40, 50 years — they’re collectively for therefore lengthy even when they’re not in a romantic relationship, that’s it. They’re linked on the cloth of their souls without end.”

Recalling the well being emergency, the mom of 14 mentioned that her youngsters have been bringing her dad breakfast in mattress on a Saturday morning, whereas her son Elijah, now 23, was gaming in a room upstairs.

“My dad was sleeping and the youngsters have been bringing him breakfast,” she mentioned. “They introduced him a plate of meals. They requested again and again, it was Jonah, ‘Can I carry that down for you grandpa?’ ” Nevertheless, she mentioned the aged man determined to carry the dishes down the steps himself.

Elijah, who additionally seems within the docuseries, mentioned that his grandfather “was in all probability ingesting all morning and he fell down the steps when he was making an attempt to carry down his dishes.”

Suleman mentioned Jonah and Elijah each witnessed the accident, which resulted in her dad hitting his head on the wall and cracking his cranium open.

“He broke his neck,” Elijah added.

Her daughter, Maliyah Angel, now 15, recalled watching Elijah assist their grandfather earlier than their mother got here to help. “Mother was making an attempt to assist him after which she known as 9-1-1,” {the teenager} mentioned. “After which I ran upstairs and I used to be hiding with all the youngsters.”

On account of the autumn, Suleman mentioned Ed “ended up quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down. And on subacute take care of the remainder of his life.”

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Within the episode, Suleman additionally spoke about why she went to rehab for 3 weeks in 2012. “I used to be simply making an attempt to get by means of the day,” she recalled of the time. “I did not wish to reside anymore.”

“I used to be not preventing an habit or alcoholism,” she mentioned on the present. “Turned out I had a psychological full analysis and analysis, my scores have been the best on PTSD and really low markers for habit and alcoholism.”

The six-part docuseries follows Suleman’s journey to the place she is now. 

“Along with her octuplets turning sixteen this January and her different six kids starting from 17 to 23 years-old, Suleman has been out of the general public eye for years and now, for the primary time, Suleman and her 14 kids reveal a a lot completely different life than the world has ever been aware about earlier than,” the synopsis teases.