Ex-BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones shares Parkinson's health update in new interview about his beloved Romanian rescue dog Sophie Cellan-Jones, 66, first announced the diagnosis in 2019 READ MORE: I'd think carefully before getting another rescue dog like Sophie from Romania says RORY CELLAN-JONES By Maanya Sachdeva Published: 06:55 EDT, 9 October 2024 | Updated: 07:36 EDT, 9 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Ex-BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones has shared a health update in a new interview about his year-long adventure with Sophie, his rescue dog from Romania . The BBC 's former technology correspondent said his Parkinson's has 'gotten quite a bit worse in the last year' while adding that Sophie has been a 'great support' for him. Promoting his new book, Rory, 66, from west London , told BBC Breakfast viewers on Wednesday that Sophie From Romania is 'also very much the story of my Parkinson's'.
The broadcaster, who first revealed his diagnosis in 2019, explained: 'She was going to be part of my exercise regime, exercise is really important for Parkinson's. 'I used to go out with our old dog, Cabbage, seven o' clock, rain or shine every day and I was counting on doing the same with Sophie, and it didn't happen for a year. The BBC 's former technology correspondent said his Parkinson's has 'gotten quite a bit worse in the last year' while adding that Sophie has been a 'great support' for him Sophie was living on a barn in Romania for a year before Cellan-Jones and his wife, .