Two-time Big Brother winner Reggie Bird has shared a courageous message with her fans.
The 49-year-old, who is legally blind, took to Instagram on Thursday to tell followers she will tackle take every day ‘as it comes’ as she supports her son Lucas’s struggle with cystic fibrosis.
‘Today is rare disease day,’ she began.
‘Both myself and Lucas live with a rare health condition…Lucas having Cystic Fibrosis, a lung disease, and myself having Retinitis Pigmentosa, an eye disease.
‘Both suck beyond words. But we each day as it coms and never take anything for granted.’
Two-time Big Brother winner Reggie Bird has shared a courageous message with her fans. Pictured: Reggie with her son Lucas, who is 14
The 49-year-old, who is legally blind, took to Instagram on Thursday to tell followers she will tackle take every day ‘as it comes’ as she supports her son Lucas’s struggle with cystic fibrosis
The popular reality star included an image of herself hugging her son, Lucas, 14, to her chest.
Reggie’s emotional post had followers flocking to her message board with words of support.
‘You’re both amazing Reggie. Sending big hugs and love to you both,’ said one fan.
‘Your champions to me,’ wrote another.
‘You are an amazing person Reggie,’ commented one more.
‘Doing this all with your vision impairments. You inspire me and have for many years,’ added another.
Reggie made history when she became the first reality star to win Big Brother twice, the first time in 2003 and again in 2022. Pictured in 2022 with Lucas and daughter Mia
Reggie’s emotional post had followers flocking to her message board
It comes after Reggie revealed how she felt ‘guilty’ over her teenage son’s cystic fibrosis diagnosis, which she unknowingly passed down to him.
Making the comments on the Dr Golly and the Experts podcast last October.
‘I have always had this guilt of giving Lucas this disease, so I feel guilty that I have passed this onto him and I would do anything to take that away, but I can’t. It’s depressing,’ she confessed.
Lucas was diagnosed with the genetic disorder at four weeks old, and since then Reggie says she’s faced an ‘unrelenting’ battle to keep her 14-year-old son alive.
Lucas requires daily physiotherapy and has to be on medication, which can be up to thirty tablets a day.
She said that the condition has taken a toll on her family, and she now has regrets over not spending more time with her older daughter Mia, 16.
Meanwhile, Reggie has her own health issues to deal with too, being legally blind after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment.
She also has Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects both hearing and vision.
Reggie is legally blind after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment. She also has Usher syndrome, a rare genetic disease that affects both hearing and vision. (Pictured)
