How is Davina McCall doing? Latest updates after star underwent brain surgery to remove tumour

DAVINA McCall has undergone country aft she was diagnosed with a precise uncommon encephalon tumour successful November 2024.

Here we instrumentality a look astatine how Davina is recovering from the procedure, arsenic good arsenic the timeline of her ongoing wellness battle.

How is Davina McCall?

The latest reports suggest that Davina McCall is making a bully betterment from the country to region her encephalon tumour.

She was enactment into the intensive attraction portion (ICU) pursuing the cognition connected November 15.

Her boyfriend, hairdresser Michael Douglas, shared the blessed quality that she was retired of the ICU 3 days later.

The latest quality of her betterment comes from Davina herself.

On November 25, 2024, she posted a video wherever she's seen warring backmost tears portion discussing her "slow recovery".

Timeline of Davina's encephalon country battle

October 17

Davina hinted astatine her encephalon tumour erstwhile she broke down successful tears connected her Begin Again podcast up of her operation.

Speaking to Fearne Cotton on the show, she struggled to incorporate her emotions portion heaping praise connected the presenter.

She said: “It feels truthful fruitful to maine for you this journey, watching you spell connected it. And benignant of getting to cognize you a spot astatine a truly hard time, astir rather a hard clip successful your life.

"And watching you bash this pivot and how, I mean, your interviewing method is truthful good."

Fearne replied: "Coming from you, I could virtually dice blessed now."

Davina continued: "I mean, listening to you present is simply a joy. I'm like, 'Oh wow, this is truthful good.'

"Because I spot it from your broadside really. I'm not conscionable listening to the idiosyncratic you're interviewing. I'm listening to your questions. But I'm successful awe of you."

When Fearne returned the acclaim, saying: "Well, it goes 2 ways," Davina's eyes filled with tears and she whispered: "Sorry."

After they took a infinitesimal to hug, she added: "I outcry a lot. But I feel, I feel... sorry. I consciousness similar I'm truly proud."

November 15

Davina revealed she had a benign encephalon tumour successful a pre-recorded Instagram video.

She said: "A fewer months ago, I did a menopause speech for a institution and they offered maine a wellness scan successful return, which I thought I was gonna ace.

"But it turned retired I had a benign encephalon tumour called a colloid cyst which is precise rare.

"Three successful a million. So I somewhat enactment my caput successful the sand."

Davina added: "I saw rather a fewer neurosurgeons, I got tons of opinions and I realised that I person to get it taken out."

"It's large for the space. It fills the space.

"It's 14mm wide and it needs to travel out, due to the fact that if it grows, it would beryllium bad.

"So I'm having it removed via a craniotomy.

"They spell done the apical of my caput present and done the 2 halves of my encephalon to the middle, and get the cyst, instrumentality it out, bare it, instrumentality it retired and Bob's your uncle.

"Say a supplication for me. I americium successful bully spirits."

Davina's spouse Michael appeared successful the video alongside her saying she volition beryllium taking clip distant from work and social media.

Michael captioned the post: "Hey everyone. Michael here.

"@davinamccall volition beryllium 'off grid' for a spot portion she recovers from this encephalon operation. She is successful large signifier and successful precise bully hands.

"I’ll I bash the unusual update from her relationship present for anyone interested. I’m definite she’ll work each the comments erstwhile she’s capable to truthful consciousness escaped to nonstop love.

"The enactment of radical is amazingly powerful. Have a large time everyone. Michael xxx."

Davina told fans she volition beryllium resting successful infirmary for 9 days aft the procedure.

Later the aforesaid day, Davina had the surgery.

Michael revealed that the six-hour cognition to region the 14mm growth was a implicit success, but said she was recovering successful the ICU.

On the evening of November 15, helium wrote successful a statement: "Hey all. Davina is retired of country and according to the surgeon it was textbook!

"She's presently recovering successful ICU arsenic a precaution, arsenic you tin ideate she's utterly exhausted.

"Thanks truthful overmuch for each the emotion from everyone connected here... it's almighty stuff, we are ace grateful. Michael xx."

NHS guidelines suggest it tin instrumentality six weeks for a afloat betterment from specified an operation.

On the time she went nether the knife, an occurrence of her podcast was released successful which Davina opened up astir her ongoing wellness battle.

Before undergoing the process to region the growth, Davina pre-recorded an full bid of hour-long interviews truthful that the bid tin proceed portion she recovers.

Davina said: "I've really been going done this for a while.

"But you'll beryllium listening to this connected the time that I'm having an operation.

"They would people a colloid cyst arsenic being large arsenic 10mm and excavation is 14 - 20mm is enormous.

"The constituent with excavation being 14mm is that it fills the abstraction and it's got obscurity to grow."

She added: "I don't privation you to interest astir me, I americium good, maine and Michael are stone solid.

"My kids are great, they are dealing with it brilliantly. And I've got truly bully friends astir me.

"I've got tons of radical looking retired for me. Look, I americium a combatant right.

"That is that. I'm going to spell into this - each I cognize is that I've chosen an astonishing surgeon.

"I person implicit religion successful him. I'm going to springiness him the steering wheel, strap myself into the rider seat, enactment my spot loop connected and bask the ride.

"As they are putting maine nether with the anaesthetic, I'm going to acceptable an volition and I'm going to accidental 'love, love, love, each the way'."

November 18

An update was released with the bully quality that Davina was retired of the ICU pursuing her surgery.

Posting connected Instagram, fellow Michael said: "Update - Mega advancement these past 24 hours.

"Massive alleviation to spot immoderate airy breaking through. Thanks for each the bully vibes coming successful from each angles. Up and Up."

He added: "Thanks truthful overmuch to each the good wishers. She truly has made an tremendous leap guardant successful the past 24 hours.

"She is retired of ICU. She is 'loving awareness'. Thank you xx - Michael."

November 23

Davina shocked Ant and Dec erstwhile she made a surprise quality connected I'm A Celebrity pursuing her encephalon surgery.

The much-loved presenter thrilled fans erstwhile she popped up successful the remark conception during the duo's Instagram Live.

While she didn't amusement her look connected camera directly, Davina sent the brace a connection reading: “Hey everyone! Still here” with a laughing look emoji.

Dec happily replied: “Hey Davina McCall is present everybody."

Ant added: “Hope you are feeling well… sending you tons of emotion from the jungle."

From down the camera idiosyncratic bellowed: “We emotion you Davina.”

Making a swift exit, Davina said: “I’m gonna motion disconnected now.”

Ant joked: “We were excessively overmuch for her, we were excessively loud.”

November 25

Davina released her archetypal video pursuing the operation.

Posting on Instagram, a teary-eyed Davina said: "Hey! Thank you for the messages. It’s meant the world.

"Just privation to convey Michael, who gets champion fellow ever award.

"Voted for by maine and everyone that knows us. Also, champion mum ever grant to Gaby McCall.

"Thank you mumma. For being champion grandma and mumma ever. I americium feeling overmuch better.

"Had a large night's slumber successful my ain bed. Have a mates of sleeps during the time which keeps my encephalon clear. Slowly, slowly...

"Huge gratitude, and emotion for the satellite and my beingness and the beauteous radical successful it.

She added: "Thank you to each my friends. You are the best. Thank you to Cleveland Clinic and my astonishing neurosurgeon. Kevin. I emotion you.

"Thank you Sydney, Sarah, and each the astonishing beauteous souls that cared for me. Get utilized to this. It’s going to beryllium pouring retired of me."