Bar Rescue star Rob Floyd has revealed the health ordeal his daughter Indigo has been facing for the last eight years.
In an interview with People, Rob, 57, revealed his daughter was diagnosed with stage four Moyamoya, an incurable brain disease, when she was just three years old.
A progressive condition, moyamoya is a rare blood vessel disorder in which the carotid artery in the skull becomes blocked or narrowed, reducing blood flow to the brain.
Fortunately with the proper care, his daughter can have a full life, one where she can get married and even have children.
Indigo's diagnosis came in 2017, after she suffered a stroke in their kiddie pool.
'It didn't make any sense,' the mixologist, who shares Indigo and two other daughters with wife Megan, 43, told People. 'It was the last thing we expected.'
After the diagnosis, she was immediately placed in UCLA Medical Center's pediatric intensive care unit.
Two weeks later, following complications caused by transient ischemic attacks (mini strokes), she underwent a four-and-half hour long brain surgery.
It was the first of three brain surgeries Indigo would have, and while the procedure went smoothly, the following day she was left unable to speak or move after suffering a stroke.
'She went from being this beautiful 3-year-old with no medical trauma to all of a sudden being a little potato,' her mother Megan recalled. 'But she was still cognitively present, which was really tough. Honestly, I just sat and cried through a lot of it.'
Indigo stayed in the PICU for another two months, and her parents restrained themselves from sleeping over concerns something would happen in the middle during their slumber.
'We'd get one, two hours' sleep,' her father said, 'but you'd be scared to death in case you weren't present [if something happened].'
Today, Indigo's family keep a careful watch out for her health, and she now has the assistance of a rescue dog named Hercules who can sense when a stroke or seizure is incoming.
Indigo also enjoys being with her sisters and having movie nights with her family.
The family have also taken numerous trips to the ER: 'We were there every single month for at least a week, for almost a year and a half,' Megan said. 'But Indigo’s a fighter of the highest order. Giving up has never even entered her mind.'
Floyd described his daughter's heartbreaking health woes in a new People profile;
The acclaimed mixologist has three daughters with his wife Megan, in addition to two older sons from a prior marriage
Rob, who is also a father of two older sons from a prior marriage, praised his daughter's bravery as he shared the People article with his Instagram followers.
'So grateful to @people.magazines @people & @gilliantelling for telling the heroic story of my daughters bravery facing this horrible disease #moyamoya. So proud of my wife Megan and the family giving incredible love and support,' he wrote.
A former actor and acclaimed mixologist, Rob has also been assisting struggling bar owners on the reality show Bar Rescue since 2016.
Rob also serves as the global mixologist for Princess Cruises, where he was worked on the line's cocktail menus.
This past year he became the author of his own cocktail book, Sip at Sea.
He's also released a vodka-infused whip cream with none other than Cardi B, Whipshots.
But for Rob, he strives to deliver an unforgettable experience to guests.
'I also teach my staff, it's not about the beverage, it's about the experience,' he said on The Stephen Hogan Podcast last year. 'The beverage can be like, wow! It can blow people away. But if they don't react to it, if they don't take a picture, if they don't make a moment out of it, then they can get that drink anywhere.'
'So getting to the experience, I often teach of a Yale study that says the rule of 17. Rule of 17 states people laugh and smile about 17 times a day but in a great bar, they do it 17 times an hour.'
'If we aren’t hitting 17 times an hour, we will be out of business.'