Charlotte Dawson has revealed her two-month-old son Jude is suffering from RSV bronchitis after being rushed to hospital.
The former Ex On The Beach star, 31, gave a health update on Instagram on Friday, sharing how grateful she was to have trusted her instincts after a first doctor turned her down because she thought it it’s just a cold.
Charlotte posted a picture of herself cradling her little one close to her chest and holding his hand.
She captioned the post: “Trust your motherly instincts.” I may have been exhausted, but I knew something was wrong, and it wasn’t.
“Our beautiful boy has RSV bronchitis after he was just told by the doctors he had a cold to go home and rest.”
Heartbreak: Charlotte Dawson has revealed her two-month-old son Jude’s mystery illness is RSV bronchitis, despite doctors telling her it was a cold and to go home
Opening: Charlotte took to her Instagram Stories to update her followers on what happened to baby Jude over the last week
Love: On Instagram, the TV personality told her followers to “trust your motherly instincts” and that she’s now focused on getting her little one better
“Thank God we went to hospital at the right time and the nurses and doctors were great and put him on oxygen straight away. We will be here until next week, but we are in the right place and in safe hands.”
“Thank you for all your messages. I love you all. I just have to focus on making him feel better now. It’s scary when they’re so little, and seeing him with all those tubes makes him not want to let go.”
According to the NHS, bronchiolitis is caused by a viral infection, most commonly the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
RSV is very common and spreads easily through coughing and sneezing. Almost all children have it by the age of two.
Fans and celebrity friends of Charlotte flocked to her comments section to send their love and well wishes.
Reality star Vicky Pattison wrote: “Well done beautiful girl for acting quickly… sending so much love to you Jude and your whole family,” followed by a heart-eye emoji.
Singer Rebecca Ferguson added: “Lots of love, I hope he heals quickly,” followed by a few hearts and praying hands.
The TV personality then used her Stories to keep her followers updated on what was happening. As Jude suckled on her breast, Charlotte joked: “He just loves laying on mom’s breasts and udders.”
After thanking her fans for all their kind messages, she continued, “Obviously last night was just very scary, traumatic and very emotional.”
Traumatic: Charlotte revealed she rushed her son to hospital after mysterious health problems, even though doctors said his chest was clear
Sad: After thanking her fans for all their kind messages, she continued: “Obviously last night was just very scary, traumatic and very emotional.”
Scary: She explained that Jude’s symptoms included screaming, and when he couldn’t breathe and was panting, she took him to the hospital where blood tests revealed the results
On the mend: The star reassured fans that she has noticed a change in her little one since he was taken to hospital, but he is still having trouble breathing
Working: While sharing her story, Charlotte joked that she felt like “Daisy the Roaring Cow” because she pumped all her milk
She told her followers how she took Jude to the doctor earlier in the week but they told her he was a little chesty but nothing major.
They assured her that he would be fine and that she would keep an eye on him, but to call if she was worried.
She went on to say that Jude started screaming on Tuesday night. She told her followers: “I just knew something wasn’t right, it’s a mother’s instinct, you just know something’s wrong.” He actually screamed.
“On Wednesday night the screaming started again, like he was in a lot of pain and I just knew it wasn’t right and not like Jude at all.” I kept sending voice notes to Matthew because he was in the next room and I woke him up and was like, ” Look, something’s wrong here.”
Charlotte took Jude to the doctor again, who told her it could be colic but that his chest was clear and she should go home. They added that if she was really worried she could take him to the hospital but would wait a while.
Support: Fans and celebrity friends of Charlotte flocked to her comments section to send their love and well wishes to little Jude
New mother: Charlotte welcomed her second child, Jude, with her rugby player fiancé Matt Sarsfield in July (pictured)
Hart: The mother of two revealed that she can’t cope with the fear.
Charlotte took Jude home and then continued: “The wheezing started, he couldn’t breathe, his condition deteriorated enormously and he still wouldn’t eat anything from me.”
She said she then decided to take him to hospital, saying: “The nurses said, ‘Thank God you came now because his oxygen levels are so low’.” They saw me straight away, they were so good to me.
“His complexion was gray.” A terrible, terrible color. His eyes were all swollen and red and then they took us straight to the ward and took an X-ray of him. Obviously he had to have blood samples and everything. It was traumatic.
“It’s just awful seeing all those tubes in your baby’s face and even though it’s obviously helping him and we’re in really safe hands here, it’s just so hard and I’ve had to leave the room a few times.”
Charlotte then explained that the tests revealed that Jude had RSV bronchitis and that they would be staying in the hospital for the next few days because he was so young.
The star assured fans that she saw a change in her little one and even got a few smiles from him, but that he was really having trouble breathing.
“He feeds from me, which is amazing, and from the tube, so I pump. ‘I’m like Daisy the wheezing cow here!’ she joked.
The mother-of-two, who gave birth to her second son Jude with her fiancé, rugby player Matt Sarsfield, at the end of July, said she “can’t stand how scary it was”.
The couple also share son Noah, who turned two in January.