Made in Chelsea star almost died over Christmas after flu led to ‘pregnant’ tummy
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Sam Vanderpump has revealed he had a near-death experience over the Christmas period. The Made in Chelsea star, 28 – who is the nephew of Vanderpump Rules and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump – has recalled his ‘terrifying’ ordeal which saw him rushed to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
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Sam ‘nearly died’ after liver and kidney failure caused his stomach to swell and triggered life-threatening sepsis. Thankfully, Sam got to the Resuscitation Department after his girlfriend Alice Yaxley called an ambulance – a move doctors told him saved his life. If he had waited another 24 hours for treatment, it could have been too late.
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While Sam was born with liver and kidney disease, it was dormant up until he contracted the flu in December coupled with asthma, and the organs struggled to cope. Sam told The Mail: ‘I thought I was going to die. I didn’t think my body could cope and that was the scariest thing. It was terrifying.
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‘I remember the doctor saying to me that I was going into liver and kidney failure. I burst into tears.’. He continued: ‘The words they used for the function of my liver were “deranged” and “demonic”.’. When they stopped working, Sam’s heart went into overdrive, and his pancreas and spleen struggled too.
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‘And you can feel all this pain and uncomfortableness, I was really, really fighting to keep myself alive. I didn’t think I was going to survive or see the outside of the hospital again,’ he said. ‘You never think the flu will lead to you being in a hospital bed and nearly dying. They told my mum that if I had got to hospital 24-48 hours later, I wouldn’t have made it. By calling the ambulance, my girlfriend literally saved my life.’.
