Given that Mr. Spitzer was forced to resign after being implicated in a prostitution scandal, it is perhaps no surprise that he and his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, are in couples therapy - before his resignation, Mr. Spitzer himself promised to address his personal problems.
But one of the main things occupying his thoughts is the struggle of his father, Bernard, with Parkinson's disease. The elder Spitzer, who has been a powerful influence in his son's life, has been hospitalized at New York University Medical Center. Lately his prognosis has been somewhat more positive, given the seriousness of the illness, according to a person close to Eliot Spitzer. "The family is optimistic that Bernard appears to be improving," that person said.
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The younger Spitzer now spends many of his days at his father's Manhattan office. But he is not running the real estate business; instead, he is using it as a base of operations to meet with his legal team, among other things. His wife has also been dealing with the serious illness of her younger sister's husband, who is battling cancer, according to friends of the former governor.
"Right now, her brother-in-law is dying," Trilby Wall, Silda's mother, said, according to The Daily News, which also quoted her on Sunday as having said: "I'm sorry about Bernard. I'm sorry about all the stresses. In time, the sun will come out."
Looks like the Spitzers have a full plate right now. Between illnesses, trying to repair a marriage and Eliot's legal woes, they are staying busy.
