Reggie Bird has opened up about the devastating moment she learned that her son Lucas was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF).
The 51-year-old mother-of-two said she found out the sad news when her boy was just four-months-old.
Appearing on the Two Doting Dads with Matty J and Ash podcast this week, Reggie said her first reaction to a possible diagnosis of CF was, ‘sh** I hope its not that because I knew how bad it was.’
Cystic Fibrosis, for which there is no known cure, impacts the lungs and digestive system.
The disease can lead to patients experiencing chronic infections and breathing difficulties.
The two-time Big Brother winner said that after Lucas’ condition was confirmed it was just like a ‘big whirlwind’.
Reggie Bird has opened up about the devastating moment she learned that her son Lucas was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. (Pictured)
Appearing on the Two Doting Dads with Matty J and Ash podcast this week, Reggie said Lucas was just four-months-old when she learned of the heartbreaking news. Pictured: Lucas, 15, and Reggie
‘[It was like] ”this is what medication that he is going to be taking for the rest of his life and this is what he needs” and it was just like ”what the hell”.’
Elsewhere in the chat Reggie told a heartbreaking story of how she had to perform physio on her infant.
‘Like, he’s just this tiny little baby and physio was just like, taps of the two fingers, just patting his chest at the same time and every day without fail.
‘You have to make sure he’s got the right tablets, and get the body back working properly again for a bit.
Reggie and her second husband, Dave Sorenson, have two children, an 18-year-old daughter, Mia, and their 15-year-old son, Lucas.
It comes after Reggie was rushed to hospital on Monday suffering complications from a knee surgery that she underwent last week.
The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star vlogged her day in the emergency department at Gold Coast Hospital on Instagram.
‘It’s been six days after the surgery,’ she said.
Reggie said her first reaction to a possible diagnosis of CF was, ‘sh** I hope its not that because I knew how bad it was.’ Pictured: Reggie
Reggie and her second husband, Dave Sorenson, have two children, an 18-year-old daughter, Mia, (R) and their 15-year-old son, Lucas (L). Pictured: Reggie’s family celerity her Big Brother win in 2022. Reggie also won BB in 2003
‘Not feeling real crash hot, so I’ve rung the hospital to let them know that my ankle and foot is still really swollen since I’ve had the operation and my calf is hurting.’
Reggie’s surgeon had to shave 40 per cent of the cartilage off from one side of her kneecap to replace what she had lost on the other side.
‘The surgeon also asked if I had any falls or trauma and I said yes I had an old man on a big mobility scooter mow me down in Woolworths about a year and a half ago… So it’s most likely came from that,’ she explained in the caption of a pre-surgery update.
Reggie, who is legally blind, suffers from both retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment, and stage two Usher Syndrome, which causes deafness and hearing loss.
Currently, Reggie describes her vision as like ‘looking through a straw’, and doctors have told her that one day soon, she might wake up and not be able to see anything at all.
