Mrs Hinch reveals her son Ronnie, three, has been diagnosed with rare disease
Mrs Hinch has revealed her eldest son Ronnie, three, has been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease after being rushed to hospital.
The cleaning influencer gave her followers an update on Monday evening as she explained the family are now at home after spending ten days in hospital.
Posting photos of her ‘brave, darling boy,’ Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hinchliffe also wrote a lengthy caption explaining her son’s symptoms and diagnosis.
‘FINALLY “We can go home now Mummy” Ron, you are SO brave, SO strong, SO loved and just beautifully unique darling boy ❤️,’ she began.
‘We have spent the past 10 days living whats felt like a real life nightmare. But I just wanted to thank you all for so many kind messages and update you all.’
Scary time: Mrs Hinch has revealed her eldest son Ronnie, three, has been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease after being rushed to hospital
Concern: The cleaning influencer gave her followers an update on Monday evening as she explained the family are now at home after spending ten days in hospital (pictured with sons Lennie, left, and Ronnie, right)
‘Ron’s temp spiked 40 at home, I phoned an ambulance. Ron was admitted and IV antibiotics started but NOTHING was working, in fact Ronnie deteriorated.’
The incredible doctors and nurses started every blood test and scan you can imagine. We paced rooms and corridors for days just waiting for an answer, a result … anything!’
‘Seeing Ron this way kicked me with a fear and desperation I’ve never felt in my whole life. What is happening to our son! Please tell me!’
She then explained how doctors finally reached a diagnosis. ‘After a couple of days , more symptoms appeared and results returned. Ron was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, something I had never heard of before.’
As Sophie explained ‘Kawasaki disease is a rare, non contagious disease that only affects around eight in every 100,000 children under the age of five in the UK. This disease causes swelling of the blood vessels throughout the body.’
‘It can also affect the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle when not treated early enough. The main symptoms to look out for include a persistent high temperature, body rash, swelling and then peeling of the hands and feet, red blistered lips, bloodshot eyes, strawberry tongue, inflamed sore throat and Swollen lymph glands.’
Sophie went on to thank her local hospital and the world renowned Great Ormond Street in London who collaborated on Ronnie’s diagnosis and treatment.
‘This past week has shaken our whole world as a family. I’ve never felt a fear like it. But I need to say THANKYOU to the incredible team at Broomfield hospital, St Marys and Great Ormond street.’
Update: Posting photos of her ‘brave, darling boy,’ Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hinchliffe also wrote a lengthy caption explaining her son’s symptoms and diagnosis
Shock: ‘We have spent the past 10 days living whats felt like a real life nightmare. But I just wanted to thank you all for so many kind messages and update you all,’ Sophie told her fans
Her love: Last week Sophie gave an update on Ronnie, sharing a photo of him playing basketball with his dad Jamie in hospital
‘Thank you for answering our prayers and making our Ronnie better, His little smile says it all so Thank you Please if anyone reading this is a parent/carer of a child with Kawasaki disease Jamie and I would be so so grateful to hear from you and your story.’
She ended her message by promising to’ do all that I can to help raise awareness of this disease that to this day still has no explained cause ❤️OUR VERY SPECIAL RONNIE ROO IS COMING HOME and we are back together as a family at last.’
The post comes days after Mrs Hinch revealed Ronnie had been rushed to hospital with a mystery illness after his neck started to swell and his temperature spiked.
Mrs Hinch, famed for her housekeeping hacks, confirmed Ronnie had been taken to A&E as a precautionary measure.
Taking to Instagram, she wrote: ‘Everything just seems like a fog right now. Ron’s temp spiked to over 40 and his neck was swelling, limited head movements. I couldn’t keep meds or fluids in him.
‘We were taken to A&E and sent home with antibiotics and it just didn’t feel right. My gut told me no.’
The influencer later dialed 111 before returning to hospital with her son.
She added: ‘Since having IV antibiotics we are seeing a really really slow improvement but we will be in here for a little longer yet, as we need to get his temperature satisfactory and need the antibiotics to kick in.
‘Nothing prepares you for something like this does it. Just being on a children’s’ ward, seeing so many innocent little arms bandaged with cannulas. I just can’t comprehend this whole thing.’
After thanking her army of followers, she wrote: ‘What I wouldn’t give to be back home with all my boys.’
Sophie recently admitted she struggled with her worst bout of anxiety in over a year – after opening about her ‘personal life stumbles’.
The cleaning influencer opened up her 4.6m Instagram followers about her recent mental health struggles in May.
The mother-of-two from Essex, reposted an inspirational quote on her Instagram Stories which particularly resonated with her.
It read: ‘Love your f***ing life. Take pictures of everything. Tell people you love them,
‘Talk to random strangers. Do things that you’re scared to do. F*** it.
Opening up: Sophie recently evealed she has struggled with her worst bout of anxiety in over a year in a candid series of Instagram Stories
‘Because so many of us die and no one remembers a thing we did. Take your life and make it the best story in the world.
‘Don’t waste that s***.’
Opening up about why the post had struck a nerve, Sophie wrote: ‘For some reason, today has been the worst day (anxiety wise) I have had in well over a year.
‘I’ve walked, I’ve talked, I’ve cried, I’ve written things down but it’s not helped me today.
‘And now I’ve got the b****y stomach shivers as I call them. So I’m going to bed now and then hopefully I’ll wake up new and fresh tomorrow.’
Last month, the star revealed that her father was being cared for in hospital after ‘not being blessed with the best of health.’
Addressing her recent social media silence, she added that her grandmother had also been hospitalised after suffering a fall, telling her followers it would no doubt ‘affect her mentally.’
On top of this, Sophie explained how her eldest son Ronnie, three, has been struggling with speech development recently too.
Candid: The mother-of-two was inundated with messages from supportive fans and responded to one who asked what she meant by ‘stomach shivers
Let’s talk: Sophie shared this motivational quote on her Instagram Stories before signing off for the night
After discussing her anxiety, Sophie was inundated with messages from supportive fans and responded to one who asked what she meant by ‘stomach shivers’.
She explained: ‘It’s like when you get a moment of tense vibration in your tummy and then it stops.
‘And then you’re alright for a minute and you’ll remember a few things and it’ll go again and then it’ll stop.
‘It’s like a b****y little electric shock that goes in your stomach and stops for a bit. I probably am the only one [who experiences it].
‘I call them stomach shivers or tummy shivers.’
Explaining her recent break from Instagram, Sophie said last month: ‘My dad is in hospital at the moment guys. My dad has never been blessed shall we say with fantastic health – from his chest, his lungs, his heart. He’s always struggled you know.’
Honesty: Sophie revealed her father and her grandmother have been hospitalised as she returned to social media after a lengthy break
She explained that after her father recently retired, he’d spent many hours building things for her new home in specially-built workshop in her garden, admitting it was something he’d dreamed of since he was a little boy.
‘Dad is in very very safe hands and nurses you are incredible,’ Sophie added.
‘So I’m hoping dad will be home one day this week and can really enjoy doing what he loves doing again. I just want him to be happy.’
Sophie then revealed that another member of her family was also in hospital, saying: ‘My nan is also in hospital. guys bless her heart she’s had a fall.
‘I know for a fact with my nan this affects her quite a lot mentally. The thought of having a fall.
‘When you get older you worry more. Having loved ones in hospital is just not nice. It’s just a worry, it’s just something that you never want.’