Mrs. Hinch has provided an update on her courageous three-year-old son Ronnie, who has been released from the hospital after being diagnosed with a rare condition that damages children’s blood vessels.
The 33-year-old social media sensation, actual name Sophie Hinchliffe, complimented Ronnie’s fortitude and said that she’s ‘never felt a terror like it’, explaining that ‘this last week has rattled our family as a whole’.
Mrs. Hinch, who has two sons, Ronnie and Lennie, with her husband Jamie, recently informed her 4.7 million Instagram followers that her infant had been diagnosed with Kawasaki illness, a rare inflammatory disease.
Alongside two sweet photos of her little boy in the hospital, she wrote on Monday: ‘FINALLY “We can go home now Mummy”.
‘Ron, you are SO brave, SO strong, SO loved and just beautifully unique darling boy.’
The doting mum went on: ‘We have spent the past 10 days living what felt like a real-life nightmare. But I just wanted to thank you all for so many kind messages and update you all.’
Mrs Hinch continued: ‘Ron’s temp spiked 40 at home, I phoned an ambulance. Ron was admitted and IV antibiotics started but NOTHING was working, in fact Ronnie deteriorated.
‘The incredible doctors and nurses started every blood test and scan you can imagine. We paced rooms and corridors for days just waiting for an answer, a result … anything!
‘Seeing Ron this way kicked me with a fear and desperation I’ve never felt in my whole life.’
Sharing details about Ronnie’s condition, Mrs Hinch explained: ‘Ron was diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, something I had never heard of before.
‘Kawasaki disease is a rare, non-contagious disease that only affects around eight in every 100,000 children under the age of five in the UK.’
She added: ‘This disease causes swelling of the blood vessels throughout the body. It can also affect the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle when not treated early enough.’
‘The main symptoms to look out for include a persistent high temperature, body rash, swelling and then peeling of the hands and feet, red blistered lips, bloodshot eyes, strawberry tongue, inflamed sore throat and swollen lymph glands.’
Mrs Hinch concluded: ‘This past week has shaken our whole world as a family. I’ve never felt a fear like it. But I need to say THANKYOU to the incredible team at Broomfield hospital, St Marys and Great Ormond street.
‘Thank you for answering our prayers and making our Ronnie better, his little smile says it all so thank you.’
What is Kawasaki disease?
According to the NHS, Kawasaki disease is a condition that mainly affects children under the age of 5 and is also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome.
Symptoms include:
- a rash
- swollen glands in the neck
- dry, red cracked lips
- a swollen, bumpy, red tongue (“strawberry tongue”)
- red inside the mouth and at the back of the throat
- swollen and red hands and feet
- red eyes
