Jess Wright's two-year-old son has been rushed to hospital. Sharing a collection of images of Presley, the television personality who found fame on The Only Way Is Essex explained to her online followers she had been having a "tough" week due to his illness. She "reiterated" the importance of having little ones checked over. Jess said how she was left terrified after Presley was "limp and lifeless.".
Presley first displayed symptoms of a mystery illness last Tuesday when he refused food and was vomiting throughout the night, leading him to sleep in Jess and her husband Edward's bed, something which she says is out of character for her son. However, as hus sickness developed into a "horrific cough and temperature", Jess made the decision to present Elvis at their local accident and emergency department.".
She said on Instagram: "He was sent home as his observations after another dose of nurofen were 'ok' & they couldn't hear anything suspicious in the lungs. At this point, for 48 hours he'd had a temperature & his breathing was rapid, especially during the night, which frightened me beyond belief. " Saturday came & he was more lifeless than ever, with no colour in his face still, & hadn’t eaten in about 48 hours. (The odd bottle of oat milk but he'd thrown up most." Jess says when she was alone with Presley at lunchtime, she noticed that his cough was getting worse and instantly called her mum Carol to go over to their home due to her concerns.
"I ran him upstairs not knowing what to do to stop him from coughing like vapo rub & sitting in front of a humidifier but it wasn't stopping until he was then basically asleep," she said. Jess added: "I called 999 & within 8 minutes (thank God) there was an ambulance at our door. He had some RSV which the paramedics noticed & all I could do was cling onto him hoping he was going to be ok. The lady on the call also told me to go & find a defibrillator, & it was at that point I honestly wanted to just collapse.
"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. At hospital, he had a top up of the throat steroid, (the max he could have) and within a couple of hours, his coughing calmed right down. After 4 very scary & long hours, we saw a doctor & he found that he had crackling at the bottom of his right lung , so a chest/lung infection.".
Jess later explained that Presley was prescribed antibiotics for his infection but after just 48 hours, she explained he was back to his usual self, playing with his toys. She added that "relieved" was an understatement as she urged mums to follow their instincts and have their children checked over if they notice anything suspicious. Her online followers and celebrity pals instantly rushed to the comments section, with Gemma Atkinson commenting: "Gosh that's so scary for you all. Glad he's on the mend." "This must have been so scary for you all. Sending lots of love & hope he’s better soon," said one fan.
A second penned: "Oh goodness that is so so scary. Well done for following your mummy instinct. I hope he's back to his usual self soon. Sending loads of love." Coronation Street's Catherine Tyldesley added: "Sending love guys. Poor little lamb.". Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs onTikTok,Snapchat,Instagram,Twitter,Facebook,YouTubeandThreads. Celeb obsessed? Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox.
