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Lucy Mecklenburgh's son uses inhaler twice a day following hospital stint

Lucy Mecklenburgh's son Roman now needs to use an inhaler twice a day after being released from hospital following a stint in intensive care.

The former The Only Way is Essex star and her fiancé, Coronation Street's Ryan Thomas, revealed last week that their 18-month-old son Roman had been in hospital for a week after she discovered him blue in his cot.

In a lengthy Instagram Stories post over the weekend, Lucy went into detail about her terrifying discovery, explaining that Roman had a "viral induced wheeze" and they've had to go to A&E a couple of times "as he's struggling to breathe as we can see his chest is sucking in & working really hard".

"We are usually out by the morning after the nebuliser, oxygen and steroids and monitoring overnight," she added, before sharing how the most recent time was different.

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"This time, however, he had a little wheeze at lunch time but no wheeze before bed and he seemed completely fine other than a snotty nose," she recalled. "I still gave him 2 puffs of his inhaler before bed just in case. When I heard very quiet cries of distress at around 4am I went in his room. He was blue/grey, floppy when I picked him up, in and out of consciousness & sick in his mouth... I called 999, cleared his mouth and gave him his inhaler. I wish I could say I stayed calm but I really didn't."

She then posted a video showing Roman holding his inhaler and explained that he now "needs it twice a day" but he doesn't like it so she's trying to get him used to it.

Ryan and Lucy have been in a relationship since 2017 and got engaged in 2019.