Kerry Katona<\/a> feared she was having a stroke after being rushed to hospital when her face began to change during a day out watching her daughter perform.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Kerry Katona feared she was having a stroke after being rushed to hospital when her face began to change during a day out watching her daughter perform<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old singer was in London attending a play featuring her eldest daughter Molly McFadden, 24, when she began to feel unwell. <\/p>\n
Accompanied by her daughter Heidi Katona, 19, and her partner Paolo Margaglione, 45, she initially noticed symptoms during the performance before her condition worsened later. <\/p>\n
After returning to her hotel and being unable to access a doctor, Kerry travelled to hospital, where she was treated as a suspected stroke patient and transferred by ambulance for further care. <\/p>\n
She later underwent scans that ruled out a stroke, with doctors instead identifying a neurological issue linked to stress affecting signals to her face.<\/p>\n
\nKerry told the Daily Mirror: \u201cAs the day went on, I didn\u2019t feel well. I went to the toilet and noticed my face wasn\u2019t right. And Heidi was like, \u2018Mum, what\u2019s wrong with your face?\u2019 <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI started panicking. I discreetly left, went to my hotel and asked to see a doctor. I told the staff, \u2018Something\u2019s not right\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKerry added: \u201cI got there, and they said, \u2018We\u2019re treating this as a stroke\u2019, so they blue-lit me in an ambulance from St Thomas\u2019 to King\u2019s College Hospital.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThey were shining lights in my eyes while my face and speech were getting worse. An hour ago I was watching our Molly in a play and now I\u2019m being treated for a stroke. What the actual fk It just shows how quickly things can change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKerry said she contacted her children during the incident, including Molly, Lilly, Heidi, Max and Dylan-Jorge, fearing the worst. <\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cIt really, really scared me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKerry added: \u201cI texted all my children and told them I loved them. I\u2019ve never been so scared in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFollowing CT scans, Kerry said doctors ruled out a stroke. <\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cIt was a suspected stroke, but luckily that was ruled out after my scans. Instead the CT scans showed there\u2019s a part of my brain that\u2019s broken and isn\u2019t able to send signals to my face due to stress.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKerry said she continues to experience symptoms affecting her speech and face.<\/p>\n
\nShe added: \u201cEvery now and then, I\u2019ll get a shooting pain in my head. And I\u2019m noticing my speech \u2013 even though I think I\u2019m saying something properly in my head, it doesn\u2019t sound right out loud.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKerry also said she hopes to begin speech therapy. <\/p>\n
\nShe added: \u201cThe doctors said it will come back. But I want to have speech therapy and get the right exercises for my face.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKerry later travelled with her family, including Paolo and Dylan-Jorge, 12, to Spain following the incident, though she said she had yet to undergo follow-up checks.<\/p>\n
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