Ulrika Jonsson has praised her daughter Bo, who suffers from a congenital heart defect, as a ‘warrior’ as she went to get a health check up on Thursday.
The TV presenter, 53, shared a series of snaps to her Instagram Stories of Bo, 20, lying down at the doctor’s office as she received a liver scan.
The former Celebrity Big Brother star posted a photo of the pair sat together in the waiting room as she called Bo her ‘CHD Warrior’.
Family: Ulrika Jonsson has praised her daughter Bo, who suffers from a congenital heart defect, as a ‘warrior’ as she went to get a health check up on Thursday
In another, Bo could be seen in the doctor’s office sporting a face mask with Ulrika captioning the snap: ‘Gonna be a loooong day’.
Ulrika and Bo had to sit apart for some of the day as the star snapped her daughter sporting a white bandage in the waiting room.
In another photo, Bo rested her head against her mother’s shoulder.
The former Gladiators star captioned the post: ‘Always her shoulder (and everything else) #ungratefuls’.
Health: The TV presenter shared a series of snaps to her Instagram Stories of Bo lying down at the doctor’s office as she received a liver scan
It comes after Ulrika shared her delight and relief after her eldest daughter received a Covid vaccine last month.
Ulrika penned: ‘For all those with full hearts, functioning hearts, borrowed hearts, broken hearts and biologically faulty hearts, this has made my heart sing.
‘Ungrateful [the playful name she gives her children] with congenital heart defect has been vaccinated. And breathe…..’
Ulrika has previously spoken about Bo’s health condition and was delighted when they were reunited in December, weeks after Bo was admitted to A&E with medical issues.
Apart: Ulrika and Bo had to sit apart for some of the day as the star snapped her daughter sporting a white bandage in the waiting room
Heartwarming: In another photo, Bo rested her head against her mother’s shoulder
Sharing a family picture, a smiling Ulrika posed a picture with Bo, who was casually flipping the bird in her pyjamas in the background.
Ulrika wrote: ‘She’s back home, full of the joys of spring.’
The doting mother-of-four revealed her heartache in November when Bo was hospitalised and she was unable to visit her amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The former weather presenter wrote at the time: ‘The face of no sleep.
Happy: It comes after Ulrika shared her delight and relief after her eldest daughter received a Covid vaccine last month
‘Fireworks, oldest Ungrateful [the playful name she gives her children] ends up in A&E miles away and I can’t go to her. Dog vomits, twice. #happythursday.’
Ulrika is mother to Cameron, 25, Bo, 20, Martha, 14 and Malcolm, 11.
While Ulrika didn’t specify what was wrong with her daughter at the time, in September Ulrika admitted Bo was ‘terrified’ before Britain went into lockdown and was taking risks by going to university.
The TV star’s daughter has a compromised immune system and an underlying cardiac condition and began her second year of university amid the pandemic.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Ulrika said: ‘At the beginning of Lockdown, Bo was terrified and went into lockdown a week before the nation went into lockdown.
Reunited: Ulrika has previously spoken about Bo’s health condition and was delighted when they were reunited in December, weeks after Bo was admitted to A&E with medical issues
‘As time went by I became increasingly concerned about her mental health because she was basically locked up in her room.
‘She had contact with her friends on FaceTime but that social thing they thrive on became a concern for me.’
She said: ‘After three months, she decided when she was allowed, to bubble with another family and her present situation is that the college is doing a mix of lectures and virtual.
‘She also does a lot of placements and those are constantly under review. I think Bo’s approach now is, strangely, a lot more relaxed than she was initially. She feels like she’s had a taste of normal life and is having to take some risks.’
Vaccinated: The TV presenter shared a snap to Instagram of Bo donning a blue face mask and holding her record card after getting the jab