Zara McDermott wished boyfriend Sam Thompson’s son Leo a happy third birthday in a gushing Instagram Stories post on Friday
The Strictly star, 27, who’s partner has jetted off down under for I’m A Celeb, gushed that the little one helped them all ‘enjoy the little things’, amid his mum Louise’s ongoing health battle.
Alongside her sweet words she shared a pH๏τo as she cuddled up to the birthday boy who she lovingly calls ‘Leo Bear’.
Writing: ‘Happy Birthday to out sweet boy, THREE today! You light up every room you walk into with the biggest grin and infectious love for everyone’.
‘You remind us all to enjoy all the little things in life, to be more present and enjoy the most simple moments. You constantly raid my biscuit jars and smother me with kisses and cuddles which I love more than anything’.
Zara McDermott wished boyfriend Sam Thompson ‘s son Leo a happy third birthday in a gushing Instagram Stories post on Friday
The Strictly star, 27, who’s partner has jetted off down under for I’m A Celeb, gushed that the little one helped them all ‘enjoy the little things’, amid his mum Louise’s ongoing health battle
Before adding: ‘I love you Leo Bear’.
She then teased: ‘P.S Birthday post incoming tomorrow when I’m home from working away this week and I give him his pressie it’s…. EPIC’.
It comes after Leo’s mum Louise Thompson shared a major update amid her recent terrifying hospital ordeal on Thursday.
The Made In Chelsea star, 34, suffered another setback in her health after being rushed in for emergency surgery before going into septic shock.
She recently broke her silence amid fears she’ll miss her son Leo’s third birthday this week, however on Thursday, she shared the joyous news that she will indeed be home in time to help her boy celebrate.
Taking to Instagram, the mother-of-one shared a sweet video of her son enjoying bath time, with Louise expressing her joy that she gets to spend his special day with him.
Captioning the clip, the TV personality penned: ‘I’ve never been more in love in my life. The way he says ‘Claus’. I must have watched this video 100000x over the past two weeks.
‘Tomorrow you turn 3. Wow. And I get to spend it with you. Double wow. I know what’s on the top of my graтιтude list.’
Writing: ‘Happy Birthday to out sweet boy, THREE today! You light up every room you walk into with the biggest grin and infectious love for everyone’
It comes after Leo’s mum Louise Thompson shared a major update amid her recent terrifying hospital ordeal on Thursday (Louise and partner Ryan Libbey and Leo pictured together)
The Made In Chelsea star, 34, has suffered another setback in her health after being rushed in for emergency surgery before going into septic shock (pictured earlier this year during a previous hospital stay)
The TV personality later shared the clip to her Instagram stories, adding: ‘The video that makes all the pain go away’.
It comes after Louise revealed she has been left ‘sad and a bit confused’ after her fiancé Ryan Libbey decided to do their podcast solo, despite her terrifying rush to hospital.
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She has been in hospital for two weeks, however Ryan soldiered on with the couple’s podcast He Said, She Said as he went solo for the recent episode and explained the traumatic ordeal.
Taking to her Instagram Story to share the podcast, Louise was left heartbroken by the clip as she admitted she wouldn’t be listening herself.
She penned: ‘Just watching this 1 clip broke my heart so I won’t be listening to the pod this week until I’m waaaaay recovered and feeling so far removed from this challenge.’
Appearing to criticise the decision to go ahead with the podcast in her absence, she added: ‘makes me really sad and a bit confused as to why Ryan had to host a solo ep THIS early on into our pod journey, but hey go.
‘I’m v proud of you for getting on and doing it.’
She recently broke her silence amid fears she’ll miss her son Leo’s third birthday this week, however on Thursday, she shared the joyous news that she will indeed be home in time to help her boy celebrate
Taking to Instagram, the mother-of-one shared a sweet video of her son enjoying bath time, with Louise expressing her joy that she gets to spend his special day with him
Captioning the clip, the TV personality penned: ‘Tomorrow you turn 3. Wow. And I get to spend it with you. Double wow. I know what’s on the top of my graтιтude list’
The TV personality later shared the clip to her Instagram stories, adding: ‘The video that makes all the pain go away’
Ryan explained during the episode how he rushed his partner to A&E when she suffered agonising abdominal pain.
He said he had returned from a weekend visiting his family in Devon to find Louise ‘rolling around in heaps of pain’ at the London home their share with Leo.
By the early hours of the morning she could take no more and Ryan rushed her to A&E ‘and a few hours later she was on the operating table.’
Louise underwent surgery ‘in the same tummy area that she’s been recovering from since earlier this year with her stoma surgery. It was completely unexpected,’ Ryan told listeners.
Complications arose and she went into septic shock after the operation which Ryan explained ‘shows the severity of how bad things got.’
Ryan reᴀssured listeners that his fiancée is recovering, and is out of the intensive care unit, but he confessed the terrifying ordeal has taken its toll on both of them.
Louise also posted an Instagram update on Wednesday, telling her followers: ‘The world feels like it’s been a bit unkind to me again.’
It comes after Louise revealed she is ‘sad and confused’ over fiancé Ryan’s decision to do their podcast solo while she recovers in hospital from septic shock after undergoing emergency surgery
Ryan soldiered on with the couple’s podcast He Said, She Said, yet Louise was left heartbroken by the clip as she admitted she wouldn’t be listening herself
Ryan explained during the episode how he rushed his partner to A&E when she suffered agonising abdominal pain
The star shared a pH๏τo of Ryan placing a sunshine balloon at the end of her bed as she told her followers: ‘It’s World kindness day. The world feels like it’s been a bit unkind to me again.’
She added that she hopes to be home soon, especially as it her son Leo’s third birthday on November 15.
‘Today is a new day. And that hopefully means home,’ she continued. ‘I really hate to say it but I’ve been back in hospital feeling very poorly (I feel like the word ‘poorly’ warrants the label of an Onomatopoeia – everything about it resembles elderly, frail illnessy stuff).’
‘As I say it I feel like a grandma blowing out bubbles for words. It looks and sounds sick. Like I did. Even though I’m also confusingly only 34 and incredibly strong. Mentally and physically STRONG. If I do say so myself.’
Louise went on to admit ‘I’m almost embarrᴀssed at this point. BUT there is light,’ as she thanked hospital staff and her friends and family for taking care of her.
‘Despite The Surgery The ʙuтт drain The Catheter The Stoma The Robinsons drains Dreaded Pigtail drain Copious cannulas, damn I wish I’d accepted that picc line Blood tests galore My poor poor bod. I’ve felt like a bit of a zombie. There have been beacons of kindness EVERYWHERE.’
‘It’s been needed because oh goodness me it’s been quite scary seeing my body laden with so many foreign objects. I’m amazed I even managed to move with all that in at one point.’
‘I literally had a tail dangling out of me. Sтιтched in. In fact I felt like an octopus with multiple legs or tubes (turns out a cannula with different entry points is called an octopus too). Great minds. Or a great subconscious mind and memory of mine.’
She added that she hopes to be home soon, especially as it her son Leo’s third birthday on November 15. ‘Today is a new day. And that hopefully means home’
Louise underwent surgery ‘in the same tummy area that she’s been recovering from since earlier this year with her stoma surgery
‘Ahhh the joy of heavy heavy opioids for getting me through the worst of it. Thank goodness for poppies. Thank goodness for science. Thank goodness for modern medicine.’
‘Back to the important thing : kindness. There have been many many people who have been incredibly kind who have got me through. Like BEYOND KIND.’
‘Angel level of kind. The kind of people you meet and think gosh I wish I was as kind as you because you are next level kind, going out of your way to help others. You really are a superstar kind of god given gift.’
‘It’s really remarkable that there are people out there that are THIS cool. Actually I don’t mean cool. I mean warm, really really warm. Because warm > cool. The world is a better place because of you.’
‘My faith in humanity is actually at an all time high right now.’
‘I don’t know how much more she can take,’ he said. ‘It’s soul destroying, it takes the wind right out of your sails.’
WHAT IS ULCERATIVE COLITIS?
WHAT IS ULCERATIVE COLITIS?
Ulcerative colitis is a long-term condition, where the colon (the bowel) and rectum become inflamed. It affects around one in every 420 people living in the UK.
Small ulcers can develop on the colon’s lining, and can bleed and produce pus.
Symptoms include recurring diarrhoea, which may contain blood, mucus or pus, abdominal pain and needing to empty your bowels frequently.
People may also experience fatigue, loss of appeтιтe and weight loss.
WHAT CAUSES ULCERATIVE COLITIS?
Ulcerative colitis is thought to be an autoimmune condition which means the immune system – the body’s defence against infection – goes wrong and attacks healthy tissue.
The most popular theory is that the immune system mistakes harmless bacteria inside the colon for a threat and attacks the tissues of the colon, causing it to become inflamed.
Exactly what causes the immune system to behave in this way is unclear. Most experts think it’s a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
(Information via NHS)
