Editing Desi Arnaz (section)

=== Health ===
Arnaz suffered from knee injuries as a young man shortly before and during his military service in World War II. The pain was troublesome enough that he was disqualified from serving overseas. In the late 1960s, he was seriously injured in an accident when the floor in his home in Baja California collapsed and he was impaled by a tree stump. An operation saved his life, although his health was never the same after the incident.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Warren |title=Lucy & Desi : the legendary love story of television's most famous couple |date=1991 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=NY |page=280}}</ref> Throughout his life he periodically had to seek medical treatment for diverticulitis and intestinal issues, sometimes requiring hospitalization.

After his second wife Edith's death in 1985, Arnaz was persuaded by his children to seek treatment for his decades-long alcohol addiction, which by then had seriously damaged his health. Lucie Arnaz described her pride at attending a treatment meeting with her father where he stood up and said "I'm Desi, and I'm an alcoholic".<ref name="The Plot Thickens">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjj7njm2Drs&t=933s |date=December 14, 2021 |title=The Plot Thickens: Lucy - Episode 10: Twilight |medium= Documentary |time=15:33 |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref>