CHARLOTTE Dawson has revealed her son Jude, two, was rushed to hospital after being left unable to breathe.
The Ex On The Beach alum opened up on the “scary” medical dash after the toddler became unwell during the night, and was left “coughing his guts up”.
The MTV star, who shares three children with fiance Matt Sarsfield, found herself needing the services of doctors just days after her little girl Gigi turned one.
Yet in a more sombre upload to her page, she captured herself in a hospital bed with Jude in a video posted to her Instagram Stories.
Charlotte told how he had been hooked up to oxygen during the terrifying moment.
She spoke direct to camera and said: “Thank god this little angel turned himself around this morning.
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“He couldn’t even breathe last night. He’s been off oxygen now for about two hours.
“He is on his inhalers every two hours. His oxygen kept dropping, that’s why. Oh, what a day, guys.
“So he was literally in the night last night just coughing his guts up, and it was awful.
“He usually always sleeps in his own bed, in his own cot, he’s amazing at sleeping – but last night, I kept bringing him into me because he was just kept screaming for me.
“So I brought him in the room, and then he was going, ‘mummy, mummy, I can’t breathe. I can’t lie down. My chest hurts’.
“He finally went to sleep and woke up at 6am, and I just knew, I just thought, ‘I’m gonna have to ring 111’.
“So thank God they sent an ambulance and they blue-lighted him straight up”.
Charlotte then continued to document his health struggles and added: “His oxygen levels were so low and he was so grey and so white, his colour.
“And then we got up here, we were really worried about him. He was on oxygen. Been on oxygen all day.
“Literally, as soon as he gets to hospital he just gets it just gets so much better. Thank God. It’s just so scary.
Charlotte Dawson and Matt Sarsfield – Relationship Timeline
Here’s how Charlotte and Matt’s relationship has played out
November 2016 – Charlotte and Matt meet shortly after she splits from a short-lived fling with Geordie Shore’s Gaz Beadle.
February 2017 – The couple split for the first time just before Valentine’s Day over Charlotte’s party lifestyle.
July 2017 – While filming Celebs Go Dating, Charlotte is told she is ‘sabotaging herself’ and she admits it’s because she was struggling to get over Matt.
September 2017 – Charlotte jets to Greece after splitting from CGD castmate Frankie Cocozza.
December 2017 – Charlotte and Matt reveal they are back together.
March 2018 – Charlotte admits to The Sun that she ‘couldn’t stay away’ from Matt, with the couple also moving in together.
October 2018 – The couple look loved up while on holiday together in Spain.
August 2020 – Charlotte reveals she is pregnant with her and Matt’s first baby together.
September 5, 2020 – Matt proposes to Charlotte next to the statue of her late father, Les Dawson.
January 26, 2021 – Charlotte gives birth to their first baby boy. She later announces his name is Noah, with the entire birth being filmed for reality show Celebrity Bumps.
February 2022 – Matt, Charlotte and Noah move into their brand new family home in Lancashire.
April 2022 – Charlotte reveals she’s tragically suffered a miscarriage.
February 2023 – Charlotte announces she’s pregnant with her second baby with Matt.
July 30, 2023 – Charlotte gives birth to her second baby boy, who she later reveals is called Jude.
October 2023 – Baby Jude is rushed to hospital after contracting RSV bronchitis, and has to remain in hospital for ‘a few days’
February 2024 –Baby Jude is readmitted into hospital after contracting bronchitis for a second time at seven months old.
August 3, 2024 – Charlotte left ‘devastated and humiliated’ after finding ‘dirty texts’ on Matt’s phone to another woman.
August 4, 2024: Charlotte throws Jude his first birthday party, with Matt notably not in attendance.
August 5, 2024: Charlotte breaks her silence, saying she is extremely hurt, upset and disappointed by the news. She says her children remain her top priority.
“Like, we literally can’t catch a break with this RSV with Jude. We were literally in here three weeks ago, and now we’re back. It’s just always going to be a weak spot for him”.
RSV, which stands for Respiratory Syncytial Virus, often starts off looking like a harmless cold – but in certain people it can quickly escalate into something far more serious – and in some cases, can be fatal.
It infects around 90 per cent of children within the first few years of their life and typically causes mild symptoms such as a runny nose, sneezing and coughing.
Symptoms of RSV
PEOPLE commonly show symptoms of the virus four to six days after being infected.
Signs include:
- Runny nose
- Decrease in appetite
- Coughing
- Sneezing
- Fever
- Wheezing
But symptoms can be much more subtle in very young babies, including irritability, decreased activity and breathing difficulties.
Most children will have had an RSV infection by their second birthday.
It can cause a condition called bronchiolitis in babies and young children.
Symptoms of bronchiolitis in very young infants include:
- Refusal to breastfeed or bottle-feed
- Breathing more quickly and noisily (wheezing)
- Seeming very tired, upset or inactive
- Signs of dehydration – lack of tears when crying, little or no urine in their nappy for six hours, and cool, dry skin
Source: CDC, Asthma + Lung UK
RSV usually gets better by itself within a week or two and can be treated at home, in the same way you would treat a common cold.
But it can sometimes lead to severe lung infections like pneumonia and bronchiolitis – conditions which are particularly dangerous for older people and young children.
Thankfully, Charlotte’s middle child appears to be on the road to recovery.
She continued in another Instagram Stories clip: “But I’m in the right place.
“I’m glad I’m staying tonight, because, to be honest, if I got home and he got worse again, there’s just… there’s just no point.
“At least I’m in the right place”.
On a happier note, she then shared a clip showing the pair enjoying toast in the hospital bed.
The adorable mother-son duo then chanted: “We love butter, we love toast”.
Charlotte said: “That’s yummy.
“This is a lot better night than last night,” before she asked Jude: “You’re getting better aren’t you?”
He then replied: “I’m getting better”
They were then seen fooling around with Instagram filters as they passed the time in the ward before hopefully being sent home.
