The TOWIE star’s sister, Lydia Bright, Georgia, was rushed to hospital with sepsis in a life-threatening health scare.
The TOWIE star’s sister, Lydia Bright, Georgia, was recently rushed to the hospital after contracting sepsis.
Lydia and Georgia’s mother, Debbie, revealed her daughter’s health scare on Instagram and opened up about the ordeal.
She explained that Georgia was first diagnosed with tonsillitis before contracting the potentially fatal disease, which claims the lives of 48,000 people a year in Britain.
She posted a large number of photos of Georgia as a child, writing that she was opening up to the experience to raise awareness.
Debbie wrote: ‘I’m not sure how I start writing this, but the point of this post is to highlight the importance of a window of opportunity you may have.
Scary: TOWIE star Lydia Bright’s sister, Georgia (pictured left) was rushed to hospital recently after contracting sepsis
Candid: Lydia and Georgia’s mom Debbie revealed her daughter’s health scare on Instagram and opened up about the ordeal
Important: She posted a large number of photos of Georgia as a child, while at the same time writing that she was opening up to the experience to raise awareness.
“Very often we take our health for granted, we think our bodies are fine, our health, believe me, is our wealth, but most of the time we fail to nurture ourselves with kindness, time and nutrition.
“All that being said, it could be a little thing that results in something so desperately serious that we just don’t see it coming.”
She continued: ‘My daughter Georgia got sick a few weeks ago, anyone who knows Georgia knows she’s going 100 miles an hour so when she lays in bed it means she’s not feeling well.
I moved her back with me, took care of her day and night. A visit to doctors diagnosed with tonsillitis. Things went from bad to worse… I rushed her to the hospital where she was rushed with SEPSIS.
‘This week a documentary came to our screens 48,000 people die of sepsis every year’.
Sepsis, known as the “silent killer,” strikes when an infection, such as blood poisoning, triggers a violent immune response in which the body attacks its own organs.
Debbie then filled her followers in on the warning signs to look out for.
She wrote: “Please always be on the lookout for the following signs, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, rash, photophobia, abdominal pain, blood in urine, confusion, jaundice, signs of stroke.”
She added: ‘And remember you know your son better than anyone, you know when something is wrong. I love you @xgeorgiabrightx my little fighter’.
Georgia commented on the post, thanking her mom for all her support and calling her “my complete rock.”
She wrote: ‘I couldn’t have gotten through these last 2 weeks without you. My complete rock. I couldn’t love you anymore.’
Her sister Lydia also commented on the post, writing a series of heart emojis.
Deadly: He explained that Georgia was first diagnosed with tonsillitis before contracting the life-threatening disease, which claims the lives of 48,000 people a year in Britain.
Grateful: Georgia commented on the post, thanking her mom for all her support and calling her ‘my complete rock’
Debbie also took to her Instagram Stories to promote the recent documentary, Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie, in which actor Jason Watkins discusses the sudden death of his daughter Maude at age two due to sepsis.
She added: “Other signs of sepsis and this was all week, unable to bring your temperature down and violent chills. The chills are when your whole body takes over you.”
“This is where action is vital… He was literally screaming that he has sepsis.”
She concluded by saying: ‘I would like to thank the @nhs for saving my daughters life. But doctors… nurses and consultants please listen to moms… dads and caretakers. We know them better.