Katie Price reveals BOTH her parents have been rushed to hospital amid mum’s incurable health battle
KATIE Price has revealed both her parents have been rushed to hospital amid her mum’s incurable health battle.
Page 3 legend Katie, 46, told fans today that her mother, Amy, 72, who was diagnosed in 2017 with a terminal lung disease, was admitted to the hospital earlier this month.
In a TikTok Live, Katie spoke about her family’s current health struggles, also sharing that her stepdad, Paul – who she refers to as her dad – has just undergone a significant heart operation.
She said: “My mum’s doing well. She was in hospital for 21 days.
“My dad’s just had a major heart operation… you’ve got to look after them when they get old. So there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.”
It’s not the first time Amy’s suffered a health scare this year.
Speaking on her and her sister’s podcast, The Katie Price Show, the reality star told listeners back in February: “Mum ended up at the hospital because she had a burst cyst from an ultrasound.”
Sophie continued: “I had to take mum to A&E. The hospital were really good actually, we went to Medway hospital.
“Took mum up to A&E because she had a burst cyst, I think it was, but she is all fine.”
She explained: “She had an ultra-sound the other week and they burst it basically by accident. So we spent about six hours at A&E.”
In 2017, Amy was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [IPF], a terminal lung disease with a life expectancy of three to five years.
She underwent a lung transplant in November 2022 but last year said her health was still “up and down”.
Amy previously confessed that, before being offered a transplant, she felt she was in her “final year”.
She said: “I gradually got worse and in 2022 I knew that was my last year because of the symptoms I had with the IPF.
“I could hardly breathe, walking was difficult, I was on oxygen more or less 24 hours [a day].
“When I was offered a transplant I just jumped at it.”
Amy later revealed things were a bit touch and go during her surgery – so much so she briefly died on the operating table.
She said: “I went into cardiac arrest and they had to pump me to bring me back and I didn’t know that.”
Prior to the op, Katie opened up about her fears her mum wouldn’t be around much longer.
She said: “My mum is my absolute rock, my absolute best friend.
“To be told she’s got an incurable breathing disease breaks my heart. Sadly, she hasn’t got long left to live.”
Amy's condition
In 2017, Katie Price’s mum Amy was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [IPF].
This is a terminal lung disease with a life expectancy of three to five years.
She underwent a lung transplant in November 2022 but later said her health was still “up and down”.
Previously, Amy revealed how things had been touch and go during her surgery: “I went into cardiac arrest and they had to pump me to bring me back and I didn’t know that.”
In February 2024, she was rushed to hospital after discovering a burst cyst.
Later, daughter Katie reassured fans that her mum was OK.