Married At First Sight UK star Marilyse Corrigan, 41, has been rushed to hospital with a burst appendix, leaving her in need of emergency surgery.
The personal trainer and mother-of-two took to Instagram stories on Tuesday to document her ordeal, as she revealed her boyfriend took her to A&E on Monday morning during which she was misdiagnosed with a kidney infection.
She revealed she is taking morphine and unable to walk due to the agony of her condition – after spending 24 hours in Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Marilyse, who shot to fame on the E4 series in 2021, shared images taken from her hospital bed including a canula in her arm and a selfie from the bed.
Her hospital visit comes after she donated a kidney to her ex and the father of her children in 2019. She took part in a kidney donation scheme, where her organ went to a woman she has never met before, meaning her ex received one in exchange.
Married At First Sight UK star Marilyse Corrigan, 41, has been rushed to hospital with a burst appendix, leaving her in need of emergency surgery
The personal trainer and mother-of-two took to Instagram stories on Tuesday to document her ordeal, as she revealed her boyfriend took her to A&E on Monday morning during which she was misdiagnosed with a kidney infection
She initially shared the news of a suspected kidney infection
Marilyse’s stories began with the star revealing she had been heading to St George’s Hall in Liverpool to celebrate 30 years of Hollyoaks among a slew of stars.
Panning around her hospital room and showing the canula in her arm, she added a caption over the top of the video reading: ‘Was going to Liverpool for a Hollyoakes [sic] party but ended up in hospital! Suspected kidney infection. Not good!’
She then shared a selfie showing her in a hospital gown, while adding a caption reading: ‘No wonder been in so much pain, sick and doubled over. CT scan has confirmed a burst appendix, not a kidney infection…
‘Need an op asap. I always have the best luck!’
She then posted another image of her arm and added a caption reading: ’24 hours in Manchester Royal Infirmary with a burst appendix and still waiting for what should be an emergency op!…
‘If only they had listened to my [boyfriend] yesterday morning in A&E who told them exactly what he thought it could be, I would have been quicker!..
‘They assumed it was a kidney infection until CT scan (still not good with only one kidney!) On morphine and can’t walk’.
Marilyse’s stories began with the star revealing she had been heading to St George’s Hall in Liverpool to celebrate 30 years of Hollyoaks among a slew of stars
She is pictured following her kidney operation when she donated a kidney
In November 2019, Marilyse and her ex Shaun Bell travelled to Leeds General Infirmary, where Marilyse took part in the special swap system donated her kidney to a stranger, while Shaun received his just hours later.
She said: ‘Until I announced I was going to donate a kidney, I had no idea how amazing and huge the transplant community was…
‘I remember lying in hospital waiting for my op and my phone pinging away with literally countless messages of support from strangers, people who’d donated organs or those of loved ones who’d received an organ.
‘Going for the operation was genuinely frightening, but their support meant everything to me when I felt alone and scared.’
In November 2019, Marilyse and her ex Shaun Bell travelled to Leeds General Infirmary, where Marilyse took part in the special swap system donated her kidney to a stranger, while Shaun received his just hours later
While she’d signed up to save Shaun’s life in November 2019, Marilyse admits she had ‘half forgotten’ that she might one day get the call.
She said: ‘My dad, James, had died from cancer when I was 16, and knowing that trauma lasted a lifetime, I had to do this for my kids as much as Shaun…
‘Mum told me straight away how proud dad would be of me, making sure his grandsons got to know their dad as he got older, something I’d sadly missed out on.’
‘Shaun and I had separated in 2012, but were very much on good terms – I knew he was suffering from polycystic kidney disease and would need a transplant one day, but as the years passed and he needed more and more dialysis, I knew this was on the cards.’
Marilyse wed military man Franky on the 2021 series of MAFS but they split just before the final episode aired
