The Only Way Is Essex star Jess Wright took to social media for a health update announcement about her 2-year-old child, Presley on February 17 morning. Wright revealed that her "lifeless" son, was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance after she found him 'limp and lifeless.'
"I wanted to share what happened, to reiterate how important it is to go & get them checked when your gut knows something just isn't right."
She went on to explain that her son "suddenly became limp & lifeless" last Tuesday and was "refusing food & then throwing up in the night."
"He's been in our bed every night since (something he's never really done that much). This sickness turned into a horrific cough, with a temperature, until finally on Friday my mother's insinct kicked in & I took him to a&e.
Wright noted that her son was sent home after another dose of Nurofen, but 48 hours later, Presley's rapid breathing "frightened" her.
"Something I never want to happen again" - says Jess Wright about her son Presley's condition
Jess Wright, shares her 2-year-old son with her husband William Lee-Kemp whom she married in 2021 after meeting him for the first time in May 2019. While explaining what led to her calling an ambulance on her child, Jess Wright said that last Saturday after noticing "no color in his face" and the coughing not letting down, she called her mother and husband to come around quickly.
She then called 999, and an ambulance was at her front door in 8 minutes. Presley had some RSV, and "the lady on the call" asked Wright to find a defibrillator.
"He went to hospital with a throat steroid given in the ambulance, which calmed the coughing down but now he was back asleep & his oxygen dropped. I was terrified in that ambulance, something I never want to happen again."
Wright added that her son is now "up playing with his horses & animals again" and has eaten "little & often." She urged her followers to not wait and go to the hospital to get their children checked, noting that "you never know how these things can escalate."
Her Instagram update comes after she announced that her child has been diagnosed with "a congenital heart disease called Bicuspid Aortic Valve" in August 2024. With this heart disease, Presley's heart valve has only two small parts, called leaflets, instead of the normal three.

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