X Factor winner Sam Bailey worries fans with hospital photo of son covered in bruises

Sam Bailey, who shares 3 kids with hubby Craig Pearson, won The X Factor backmost successful 2013, and has enjoyed a palmy vocation connected stage, including a stint arsenic Mrs Potts successful the Beauty and the Beast musical

X Factor victor Sam Bailey has disquieted fans aft uploading a photograph of her son covered successful bruises successful hospital.

The 47-year-old, who won the ITV singing contention successful 2013, shared the heartbreaking snaps connected Instagram, arsenic she raised consciousness of epilepsy. Her eldest lad Tommy, 15, suffers from the neurological condition, and Sam posted a slideshow of photos highlighting however hard it has been for the teen to unrecorded with his diagnosis.

The singer, who shares Tommy, Brooke and Miley with hubby Craig Pearson, posted candid - and agonising - photos of Tommy being attended to by paramedics, with bruises connected his look aft an epileptic fit, and recovering successful hospital. “This period is epilepsy consciousness month! So present I am, showing you however traumatic it has been for america the past year!” she began.

“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. He is connected medicine successful which we person to administer doubly a day, Tommy volition hide if we don’t physically enactment it successful his mouth. He gets tired, helium gets frustrated with maine wrapping him successful fabric wool but that is each I cognize however to do,” Sam explained, adding that her youngest girl “can’t adjacent beryllium successful the aforesaid room” arsenic her large member implicit fears helium volition person different seizure.

“We interest each 2nd of each time and yet Tommy conscionable takes it each successful his stride!” the arrogant mum wrote. “This is our ‘normal’ I would similar to accidental a immense Thank you to @emasnhstrust and @youngepilepsy for being astonishing and Tom’s epilepsy nurses and advisor , without of which I would beryllium loosing my marbles astir astir now!”

Earlier this year, Sam gave her fans an update connected Tommy’s health, and confessed it had been a “very scary time” for the household aft her eldest lad had a drawstring of seizures implicit Christmas. “I’m conscionable sitting present watching him and reflecting connected retired clip the past fewer months. Here helium is wearing his epilepsy ticker which we person had to bargain since helium had respective seizures successful December. It’s been a precise scary clip for america particularly witnessing a VERY atrocious seizure connected Christmas Day,” she explained.

She admitted that Tommy’s autism has besides made controlling his epilepsy harder, and he’s struggled with his parents “watching him perpetually and fussing implicit him truthful overmuch more”. Sam continued: “We don’t cognize what has caused them, we don’t cognize erstwhile different 1 volition happen. We person each done probe connected seizures and person had tons of advice. Trying not to beryllium “google doctors” but it’s truthful hard erstwhile you don’t cognize what is causing your lad to person these horrendous seizures truthful suddenly.”

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