Stacey Solomon has revealed she had to be rushed to hospital on the last day of her family holiday to Jamaica.
The Loose Women star, 34, jetted off to the Caribbean with 20 of her family members for a festive break.
She was joined by her husband Joe Swash, their children, Stacey’s sister Jemma, her dad David and her nieces and nephews.
However, on the day before their flight back home, she fell ill and ended up having to go to hospital to be treated.
Stacey took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday to update her followers on her ordeal and explain why she had been absent from social media.
Stacey Solomon has revealed she had to be rushed to hospital on the last day of her family holiday to Jamaica
The Loose Women star, 34, jetted off to the Caribbean with 20 of her family members for a festive break
She was joined by her husband Joe Swash , their children, Stacey’s sister Jemma, her dad David and her nieces and nephews
Apologising for ‘falling off the face of the Earth’ she explained: ‘We had the worst exit from Jamaica of all time.
‘And I can’t even like get over it. Because it doesn’t feel real in my head. And today’s the first day, I felt like I’m walking around the house and feel normal.’
She recalled: ‘But anyway, cut a long story shot on the say before we were travelling home, I started to feel a little bit ‘flu-ey’ so I was like oh I’m getting that flu that everyone’s got. Annoying. That’s alright, we’re going home tomorrow, so I’ll just through it, get over it and carry on.
‘So I carried on and as the day went on it just got worse and worse. So I was like, “You know what Joe, you take the kids to dinner, I’m just going to go to bed. I don’t feel great, I need to sleep this off.”
‘And then he got back from dinner, took one look at me and rang my sister and my mum because he was like she looks a mess. He was like you were sweating and laying there and I was like “Oh my god”.
‘So my sister comes into the room and I know its serious when my sister comes in. Because she’s a nurse she’s very much like you’re fine unless you’re not fine and then she’ll be like hold on a second.
‘So she came in and was like, “We need to sit you up, cool you down, get you some paracetamol”. Did all her nursing stuff and every time she checked my temperature, all I remember was her not saying anything and I was like “Jemma what’s happening?” And she was like “No it’s okay!”
‘But it weren’t. Because afterwards she told me my temperature was going up and not coming down and that is not a good sign.’
Apologising for ‘falling off the face of the Earth’ she explained on the day before their flight back home, she fell ill and ended up having to go to hospital to be treated
Stacey explained her temperature had soared and she had to be taken to hospital to be given an IV drip and put on oxygen
She began laughing as she concluded: ‘So yeah I ended up in hospital in Jamaica. I don’t know why I’m laughing but it doesn’t feel real’
Stacey continued: ‘So they called the medical team inside the hotel and the nurse came down and took one look at me and put an oxygen mask on.
‘And then she was covering me in wet towels and my temperature was still too high so she literally said she needs to get to the hospital and get some IV antibiotics and fluids in her and tests.’
She began laughing as she concluded: ‘So yeah I ended up in hospital in Jamaica. I don’t know why I’m laughing but it doesn’t feel real. Do you ever have an experience where you’re like, did that even happen to me?
‘I was perfectly normal, like absolutely fine one minute and then next minute, I’m not joking I was in hospital on an IV drip with an oxygen mask on! I’ve never had a oxygen mask in my life. I’m so dry from everything and I just feel so gross.’
Stacey went on: ‘So anyway the IV and everything went in and I did start to feel instantly so much better. Still rough as hell but way better than what I was.
‘We were there from the night before we were meant to leave until the morning and I was obviously like, “Please let me go home, I don’t want to stay here on my own when I’m not well, just let me get home.”
‘And they got me to a point where they were happy for me to fly home. So I did the flight home. Poor Joe had all the kids for 10 hours!
‘And I literally went to sleep as soon as I got home and today is the first day I’ve started to feel like a normal human again.’
Stacey begged the hospital to let her fly home with the rest of her family and said that she felt much better on Sunday and ‘like a normal human again’
She thanked her followers for messaging her and checking in during her absence and admitted that the experience had ‘scared’ her so she was going to take it easy for the next few days
She then added: ‘I just wanted to update you and I think I’m just going to really listen to my body because I’m one of those people that’s like it’s fine and then I end up in hospital in Jamaica.
‘So I’m not going to do that, I’m going to listen to my body and let myself get well and I’ll just have to have Christmas decorations up by February. I’ll be that weirdo!’
She thanked her followers for messaging her and checking in during her absence and admitted that the experience had ‘scared’ her so she was going to take it easy for the next few days.
Stacey said: ‘I’m just going to rest up and hopefully in a couple of days I’ll feel back to normal. But even then I’m going to take it slow because I don’t ever want to be in that situation again. It actually scared me a little bit.’
