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Jesy Nelsons Twins Make Progress After Hospital Stay

Jesy Nelson has shared adorable new photos of her twins on Instagram on Monday following her daughters being fitted with leg splints at Great Ormond Street Hosp...

Jesy Nelsons Twins Make Progress After Hospital Stay
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Bintano News

March 30, 2026

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has shared adorable new photos of her twins on Instagram on Monday following at Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

The former singer, 34, revealed in January that Ocean and Story had been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - a genetic neuromuscular condition that weakens muscles by affecting motor nerve cells in the spinal cord.

The most severe form, Type 1, can have a life expectancy of less than two years without treatment.

In a new update on Monday, Jesy enjoyed some fresh air with her baby girls as she revealed she had bought them new matching pink fluffy hats to keep warm. 

The singer's daughters had their feeding tubes in their noses and were all wrapped up in their double pram as they enjoyed a walk. 

It comes days after Jesy took to social media to share adorable snaps of the although she didn't go into specifics about the nature of their treatment.

Jesy Nelson has shared adorable new photos of her twins on Instagram on Monday following her daughters being fitted with leg splints at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Jesy enjoyed some fresh air with her baby girls as she revealed she had bought them new matching pink fluffy hats to keep warm

The nine-month-old babies could be seen snuggled up in a blanket as they shared the same bed, wearing splints on their legs.

Her update comes after an 'emotional day' on Wednesday as she visited a Scottish laboratory that has become the first to test for her twins' rare condition. 

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Posting a photo from the hospital alongside medical staff, she wrote: 'Emotional day in Scotland visiting the newborn blood spot screening laboratory for SMA'.

As part of a two-year pilot scheme, all babies born in Scotland will now be tested.

Earlier this week, it was announced Scotland would be the first part of the UK to introduce the testing, after which Jesy shared an Instagram story branding the news 'bittersweet' as the screening could have made her girls' lives 'look so different'. 

Giles Lomax, the chief executive of the charity SMA UK, said the screening pilot in Scotland would be 'a huge impetus for other parts of the UK to speed up their own testing plans', saying: 'Every month another four babies are diagnosed with SMA and the clock is always ticking...

'With all three treatments now routinely available through NHS Scotland alongside newborn screening, the future for anyone diagnosed with SMA is very different compared to their peers who were diagnosed symptomatically...

'It basically gives children the life they deserve.'

Despite her nine-month-old daughters' devastating prognosis that they may not live beyond the age of two, Jesy last month explained that despite the tragic news, she has decided to keep filming her Prime Video series as she fights to 'make a change'. 

In a Q&A, she said: 'I just hope people continue to watch the next part of the journey. When the girls got their diagnosis, we decided that we wanted to continue filming.

'As hard as it was, we were like, "You know what? There's a reason you guys are here, and we've got to make the best out of this situation".'

Since going public with their diagnosis, Jesy has

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In the midst of their health battle, Jesy

The singer's daughters had their feeding tubes in their noses and were all wrapped up in their double pram as they enjoyed a walk

It comes days after Jesy took to social media as her twins received care from the medics at Great Ormond Street, although she didn't go into specifics about the nature of their treatment 

The former Little Mix singer revealed in January that Ocean and Story had been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - a genetic neuromuscular condition that weakens muscles by affecting motor nerve cells in the spinal cord

Jesy shares Ocean and Story with her ex-fiancé Zion Foster

Speaking to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast, Jesy said she is hopeful that her babies will defy the odds now that they are receiving treatment and go on to have a longer life expectancy.

She explained: 'So spinal muscular atrophy is a muscular wasting disease, so they don't have a gene that we all have in our body.

'Their muscles are now deteriorating and wasting away, and if you don't get them treatment in time, eventually the muscles will all just die, which then affects the breathing, the swallowing, everything. And they will die before the age of two.

'It's not okay, but it is what it is, and I just have to accept it, and now just try and make the best out of this situation... And my girls are the strongest, most resilient babies and I really believe that they are going to defy all the odds.'

As she cares for her daughters, Jesy previously said how her music career is on hold for now. 

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Appearing on Heart FM's Breakfast show, Jesy told Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston her focus is now solely on the twins.

She explained: 'Look listen I’d never say never say never to music, but for me, my girls are my main focus, I’ll be honest with you, I’ve not got time, I really don’t.

'They are my whole heart and soul and my main focus, and I want to continue advocating for them and getting this heel prick test changed and getting them strong, that’s my main focus.

'Because that’s going to determine their future. That’s my main focus right now.'

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a disease that weakens a patient's strength by affecting the motor neuron cells in the spinal cord.

It results in gradual muscle wasting and the severity of symptoms varies by type.

Type 1 SMA is the most severe and is evident at birth. The weakening of muscles means sufferers cannot sit and usually leads to death by the age of five.

Type 2 is intermediate with the sufferer being unable to stand.

Type 3 is mild and makes it difficult to get up from a sitting position.

Type 4 sufferers don't have symptoms until they are in their 20s or 30s.

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