Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has penned an emotional post on Instagram, thanking doctors for "keeping her alive" after suffering a haemorrhage and losing about three litres of blood days before a planned family trip to St Lucia.
In an emotional post today (Saturday 4 February), which featured her partner and son standing in front of a bonfire to "burn bad memories", she wrote: "Gosh the last few days have been a rollercoaster. From thinking I was going to die again, to being allowed home all in the space of a few days. What a whirlwind. Not sure i’m quite ready to digest it to be honest."
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"Emergency scenarios are a WILD RIDE. You get NO prep time. It’s just bam, zero to hero in a matter of minutes... or hours if you’re lucky. It does strange things to your mind. The emotions are mental, from an adrenalin fuelled ambulance phone call, to freeze (what I think might help, but obviously does nothing to prevent blood flow/loss), to laughter, to tears, to anger, to shouting, to apologising, to guilt. Powerful stuff," she continued.
"Just when I was doing really well too… I recognise the privileged position I am in today. I have learnt from experience (invaluable). I am stronger. When I left hospital last time I absolutely did NOT wear my big girl pants, instead I had a phobia of my cupboards and drawers and had to wear the same style of massive pants for months on end... and I was stuck on the sofa.
"I was weak and I couldn't hide the pain from anyone before. I couldn’t brush things under the carpet. Now my brain is playing ball," she continued.
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"I'm not going to let this hold me back. I've learnt a lot from the last year and I feel in a much sounder headspace than last year so fingers crossed. I'm a bit scared to leave the house (or sometimes even stand up) so slowly slowly.
"Thanks doctors + medicine and those dedicated to those improving medicine and science'y stuff for keeping me alive. And thanks to god and prayer for keeping me on this planet for another whirl," she concluded.
The reality TV personality was previously diagnosed with PTSD after suffering complications while giving birth to her son Leo-Hunter, with her partner Ryan Libbey, in 2021.
Shortly after the birth, she took to Instagram to detail the birth, writing: "In all honesty I never imagined that so many bad things could happen to me, but to dance with death twice brings a whole new view of the world – a stark reminder of how short and sacred life really is."
Made in Chelsea airs on E4.
