X Factor winner reveals ‘traumatic’ past year after son’s health diagnosis

X Factor victor Sam Bailey has revealed the pugnacious times her and her household person been going done pursuing her son’s epilepsy diagnosis, saying that the past twelvemonth has been ‘traumatic’.

In a station shared connected Instagram, the vocalist – who won the ITV bid successful 2013 – emphasised the request to dispersed much consciousness astir the condition, which the NHS explains is simply a ‘common information that affects the encephalon and causes predominant seizures’.

‘This period is epilepsy consciousness month! So present I am, showing you however traumatic it has been for america the past year!’ wrote the 47-year-old.

Sam besides shared respective pictures of her lad Tommy, the archetypal of which showed him lying successful furniture with headphones on, surrounded by respective wires arsenic an NHS idiosyncratic knelt adjacent to him.

In different picture, the 15-year-old could beryllium seen wrapped up successful a heavy Deadpool jumper portion lying connected what looks similar a infirmary bed.

‘Anyone who needs to recognize epilepsy, conscionable cognize this… arsenic a household we are similar sitting ducks everyday, wondering erstwhile helium volition person his adjacent one, helium is connected medicine which we person to administer doubly a day, Tommy volition hide if we don’t physically enactment it successful his mouth,’ Sam wrote successful her caption.

‘He gets tired, helium gets frustrated with maine wrapping him successful fabric wool but that is each I cognize however to do.’

Sam, who has 3 children, revealed that her youngest ‘can’t adjacent beryllium successful the aforesaid room’ connected her ain with Tommy due to the fact that ‘she is petrified that helium whitethorn person different seizure’.

She continued: ‘We interest each 2nd of each time and yet Tommy conscionable takes it each successful his stride! This is our “normal”.’

The instrumentalist ended her station with a bid of convey yous, expressing her gratitude to Tommy’s epilepsy nurses and consultant, to the East Midlands Ambulance Service and and the non-profit organisation Young Epilepsy.

Several radical sent Sam messages of enactment and encouragement, with 1 Instagram idiosyncratic called Beverley commenting: ‘So bittersweet 😢 it indispensable beryllium heartbreaking arsenic a mum to not beryllium capable to assistance him . Sending emotion ❤️.’

‘My small lad has epilepsy too. It ne'er seems to get immoderate easier 😢 x,’ wrote Louise, portion Susan added: ‘Sending emotion and hugs Sam I person 3 children retired of 4 with Epilepsy truthful afloat recognize you xx.’

Sam changeable to fame successful 2013 erstwhile she won the 10th bid of The X Factor, beating runner-up Nicholas McDonald successful the last aft being mentored by Sharon Osbourne successful the implicit 25s category.

She ended up securing the Christmas fig 1 with her screen of Demi Lovato’s opus Skyscraper, becoming the archetypal X Factor victor successful 3 years to execute the feat.

Sam besides went connected to enactment Beyoncé connected her satellite circuit of The Mrs Carter Show aft her win.

In July this year, it was announced that she’d joined the formed of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical with Nina Wadia, with performances owed to instrumentality spot from January adjacent year.

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