Vicky Pattison shares crying picture from hospital bed saying 'scary' admission is ‘wake up call I needed’
Vicky Pattison has shared a further health update amid her "scary" hospital stay.
The 36 year old had revealed earlier today that she is in hospital after some fans worried when she had gone quiet on social media. Vicky had revealed that she hoped to be released from hospital today, but has now said that she might be under medical supervision for longer.
She also opened up on her health, revealing she has been working to a “punishing schedule” in recent months and "ignoring" all the warning signs that her body needed a break. This has now resulted in the star getting glandular fever, a big infection and an abscess in her throat – something Vicky said is “the wake up call I needed”.
The former Geordie Shore star opened up in a lengthy post on Instagram, along with pictures of her in a hospital bed, hooked up to a drip, while her fiancé Ercan Ramadan joins her at her beside. A candid snap also sees Vicky in tears.
She wrote: "Definitely not the weekend I was intending on having.. I was anticipating being up mount Snowdon for gods sake.
"Don't even know really to start, but I feel like I dropped that stupid story to let a few people who were concerned about my radio silence know I was being looked after & then loads more people just worried, which was never my intention, you're all too kind btw. I am feeling much better, but absolutely flying off my pain meds so I hope this isn't all abit too chaotic.
"I woke up on Thursday with a terrible headache, I ignored it & assumed it was because I'd had super long day the day before- anyway it persisted & became a sore throat, razor blade vibes & I got the fever, aches, pains, sore joints etc. I tried to get to an emergency doctors appointment but we got stuff in a terrible accident- a journey that should have take an hour took 6 & even though the Dr did his best on the phone he had no real way of knowing what was best.
"Fast forward 24hours & I had started to be sick which was just making everything worse- my throat was so swollen I couldn't swallow, drink water & pain killers were completely out of the question, it was getting to the point where I physically couldn't move. Starting to feel scared, I made another emergency app with my doctor & was referred straight to A&E. after around 36 hours, about 6 bags of fluid, 3 of antibiotics & an untold amount of pain relief we're starting to get to the bottom of things.
"They think it's glandular fever, an big infection & an abscess in my throat. I didn't allow myself any recovery time after covid & it's just compromised my immune system I suppose- I haven't allowed myself any downtime this year, I have burn the candle at both ends, worked a punishing schedule & ignored all signs that my body was desperate for a break; feeling drained, overwhelmed, can't sleep at night for anxiety exhausted in the morning, loss of appetite, not prioritising my exercise- I haven't done anything since the half marathon in April which is so unlike me."
She added: "This has been the wake up call I needed but I'm angry with myself I let it go this far- I'll be in hospital for awhile & I think it's for the best."
