TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford reveals her sister Kennedy, 8, has been rushed to intensive care after contracting coronavirus
TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford has revealed her sister Kennedy, 8, has been rushed to intensive care after she tested positive for coronavirus.
Taking to Instagram on Sunday, the reality star, 19, said she was ‘heartbroken’ as her sister has ‘trouble breathing as it is’ and was put on a ventilator on Saturday after contracting the virus.
Sharing a picture of Kennedy in her hospital bed, she wrote: ‘So as you can imagine me and my family are all heartbroken because yesterday Kennedy got rushed into hospital and got tested positive for covid19.
Illness: TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford revealed on Sunday her sister Kennedy, 8, was rushed to intensive care on Saturday after contracting coronavirus
‘She is really fighting but she has severe breathing problems as it is so I can only imagine how hard it is for her now. she is in intesive care (sic).’
Kelsey went on to explain in another post: ‘My little sister kennedy got rushed into hospital yesterday and tested positive for COVID19, we are all so heartbroken as kennedy has severe breathing problems from her terminal illness SMA as it is.
‘So this is very dangerous for her. Kennedy was high risk to covid & we tried our best to shield her from this terrible virus but unfortunately because of her low immune system she caught it.
Struggle: The reality star, 19, said she was ‘heartbroken’ as her sister has ‘trouble breathing as it is’ and was put on a ventilator on Saturday
‘She is in intensive care but really fighting like she always does, so i just need everyone to keep her in your prayers and hopefully she gets through this my strong little girl she doesn’t deserve any of this.’
SMA is Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which is described by the NHS as a condition that makes the muscles grow weaker and causes problems with movement.