Baxt suffered from asthma, which worsened over time and impacted his acting career, as well as bronchitis. Around 1997, he came to California and stayed with his father and stepmother, but their cat triggered an allergic reaction that hospitalized him, although he managed to recover. This was the last time his family ever saw him in person, only exchanging letters between him and his half-brother until their father's passing in 2002.
