Former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has undergone emergency surgery in a fresh health battle. The 34-year-old, has been in hospital since last week after suffering severe pain in her abdomen.
Her fiancé, Ryan Libbey, initially broke the news speaking to the mum-of-one’s fans on her health on the couple’s podcast saying she was taken to A&E nine days ago. He told listeners: “I don’t know how much more she can take.”
He continued: “Sadly Louise is not here this week. She had to go back into hospital almost two weeks ago for another emergency operation in the same tummy area that she’s been recovering from since earlier this year with her stoma surgery. It was completely unexpected.”
Acknowledging how tough it had been Ryan continued: “I can’t believe we’re back in this situation. My heart beat is skipping around all over the place which is an indication of how heavy and raw it all feels. It’s very unexpected and a difficult pill to swallow.”
Ryan said: “It’s completely broken me. Her recovery has been up and down. Post-surgery she was in septic shock, which shows the severity of how bad things got,” reports The Mirror.
Columnist Louise has had a tough time with her health since giving birth to son Leo-Hunter in 2021. She has previously told how she had to have an emergency caesarean.
She lost three-and-a-half litres of blood when doctors were unable to stop the bleeding for more than three hours. She was later told that her womb had torn, which had caused the bleeding.
The mum is also living with a stoma as a result of a long-term battle with ulcerative colitis. But she had been open about her health battles saying she wants to help others.
And on Wednesday she also commented on her latest battle saying she hoped to be home soon. She said: “”It’s World Kindness day. The world feels like it’s been a bit unkind to me again. But today is a new day. And that hopefully means home.”
She continued: “I really hate to say it but I’ve been back in hospital feeling very poorly (I feel like the word ‘poorly’ warrants the label of an Onomatopoeia – everything about it resembles elderly, frail illnessy stuff).
“As I say it I feel like a grandma blowing out bubbles for words. It looks and sounds sick. Like I did. Even though I’m also confusingly only 34 and incredibly strong. Mentally and physically STRONG. If I do say so myself.
“I’m almost embarrassed at this point. BUT there is light. Despite The Surgery, The Butt drain, The Catheter, The Stoma, The Robinsons drains, Dreaded Pigtail drain, Copious cannulas. Blood tests galore. My poor poor bod. I’ve felt like a bit of a zombie.”
But she said there were positives to be had telling her followers: “There have been beacons of kindness EVERYWHERE. It’s been needed because oh goodness me it’s been quite scary seeing my body laden with so many foreign objects.
“I’m amazed I even managed to move with all that in at one point. I literally had a tail dangling out of me. Stitched in. In fact I felt like an octopus with multiple legs or tubes (turns out a cannula with different entry points is called an octopus too). Great minds. Or a great subconscious mind and memory of mine.
“Ahhh the joy of heavy heavy opioids for getting me through the worst of it. Thank goodness for poppies. Thank goodness for science. Thank goodness for modern medicine.”
She continued: “Back to the important thing : kindness. There have been many many people who have been incredibly kind who have got me through.
“Like BEYOND KIND. Angel level of kind. The kind of people you meet and think gosh I wish I was as kind as you because you are next level kind, going out of your way to help others. You really are a superstar kind of god given gift.
“It’s really remarkable that there are people out there that are THIS cool. Actually I don’t mean cool. I mean warm, really really warm. Because warm > cool.
“The world is a better place because of you. My faith in humanity is actually at an all time high.”