Stacey Solomon reveals she’s being crying A LOT and avoiding human contact as she gives family update
STACEY Solomon has revealed that she has been crying A LOT and avoiding human contact.
Giving a family update, Stacey, 35, took to Instagram today in an emotional state as she revealed the medical emergency she and her loved ones endured over Easter.
Stacey explained how her spaniel Teddy had been rushed to the vets for surgery after losing the use of his back legs.
Stacey has two dogs: Teddy, a Cocker Spaniel, and Peanut, a Dachshund.
“Sorry I haven’t updated anyone,” she said in an Instagram story video on Monday afternoon.
“I know you’ve all been asking and worrying about Teddy, and I’m so grateful for him just being in your thoughts,” she went on.
Stacey said: “He is home. I got to bring him home last week, so he made it through the operation, and through the period of time where it was the highest risk.
“Sorry I haven’t been on here. I’ve just been trying to get my head around things.
“And also, I’m not a good crier. I hate crying in front of people, and I just know if I’d have come on, I’d have just cried.”
She confessed: “I’ve cried a lot. So I’ve just tried to keep myself away from any human contact, so I can just cry alone.”
“Teddy is home,” she affirmed, adding: “I’m so grateful he’s home.”
“Obviously he’s really not well, still,” she added, revealing how she has been working from home and has been forced to “cancel some things”.
Stacey explained how she has to “express his bladder” and help him with physio.
She later said how he “might never fully recover”.
Stacey then said how she hadn’t even fully explained what had happened, so filled her followers in on all of the details.
“So, on Good Friday, he lost the use of his back legs. That night, he just crawled in. He’d been running around all day, no signs of pain,” she explained.
She said he was “dragging himself around” so she took him straight to the vet despite everywhere being out of hours.
Stacey Solomon's career so far
Stacey Solomon has been a familiar face on viewers' screens for over a decade. Let's take a look back at her career.
The X Factor (2009): Stacey competed in series six of long-running ITV singing competition The X Factor. During her time in the show, she was mentored by Danni Minogue in the ‘Girls’ category. The star finished in third place, behind Joe McElderry and Olly Murs.
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (2010); In late 2010, Stacey headed to the infamous I’m A Celeb Aussie jungle. After 21 days, she triumphed to win the tenth series. It was through I’m A Celeb that she met future husband Joe Swash – who’d won two years earlier and was hosting the ITV2 spinoff.
Celebrity Juice (2011―2013, 2016―2019): The star appeared as a panellist on 21 episodes of the comedy panel game show hosted by Keith Lemon. Stacey was a regular in the 21st series, broadcast in 2019.
Loose Women (2016 – present): Stacey has been a permanent panel member of the daytime show since 2016. She previously made guest appearances in 2011 and 2012.
Sort Your Life Out (2022 -present): This BBC show sees Stacey, with the help of an expert team, transform participants’ living spaces after removing clutter.
Stacey was told that Teddy could have meningitis, a slipped disc, or a tumour, so needed to have an MRI scan.
Nowhere could give an MRI scan on the Friday so they had to wait until the next day.
She then took him to Cambridge for an urgent appointment after leaving him at the vets on medication all night.
The vet in Cambridge then explained how he had suffered a burst disc and “all of his disc and all of his spine” was “not looking good at all”.
Stacey said how there is a 30% chance that Teddy might recover fully.