Sophie Kasaei Celebrates Boyfriends Return After Hospital Fight

said she feels like she's 'got my whole world back' as she celebrated her boyfriend 's emotional return home after being hospitalised for three weeks with viral meningitis and encephalitis.

The star, 31, revealed last month that he had been diagnosed with inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord lining - which differs from the form of bacterial meningitis B in the Kent outbreak.

He also contracted encephalitis, a rarer and more serious inflammation of the brain itself that can be life-threatening.

But after spending 22 days in hospital, Jordan was finally able to be discharged last week to reunite with his pregnant girlfriend, 36, in time for .

And Sophie took to her Instagram on Sunday to share her gratitude at having him home, as she emotionally confessed that the past few weeks 'have been the hardest I've ever known'.

The TV personality, who is currently 30 weeks pregnant with the couple's first child, shared several loved-up snaps of her kissing Jordan while he cradled her blossoming baby bump and tucking into a home-cooked Sunday roast.

In the heartfelt caption, she heaped praise on her boyfriend for fighting hard to get home to her and their unborn son, saying they were now 'whole again'.

'Watching you walk out of those hospital doors felt like getting my whole world back,' Sophie penned.

'These past weeks have been the hardest I’ve ever known. But you never stopped fighting, not just for yourself, but for us for your family, for our little boy growing inside me. The goal was to be home for Easter, and you did it!

'Having JB home, hand on my bump, smiling again means more than words will ever be able to say. We are blessed, grateful, and whole again.'

Concluding her heartfelt post, she added: 'Happy Easter from us. Enjoy it with loved ones, sit back soak it up. Life is a precious gift. ❤️'

Jordan himself took to the comments to declare it was 'good to be back where I belong', while acknowledging he still had a way to go in his recovery journey.

He wrote: 'Life really is a precious gift. It’s so good to be back where I belong again. Still a bit of a road but we’ll walk it together ❤️'. 

The reality star revealed to his followers that he was well enough to be able to be released from hospital on Wednesday, with a video of him bidding goodbye to the medical team that cared for him and reuniting with Sophie.

He paid tribute to her for 'holding me up' throughout his health battle, as well as his mother and father, friends and the staff at Basildon Hospital for 'saving my life'.

'22 days in a hospital bed, broken memory from my first admission,' Jordan penned. 'The top 1% percent of the worst case of viral meningitis and encephilitis that my Dr has ever seen. Brain swelling, inflammation. Acute memory loss.

'The only memories I have are ones I would like to forget forever. Let’s not dwell on the past. I have got through it, and I could never have got through this alone.

'Firstly my @sophiekasaei_ you and my baby boy have held me up and kept me in this fight like you wouldn’t believe. You are my whole life and I love you unconditionally. I can’t wait to get in bed with you tonight and start our future as a healthy family of 3.

'My dad, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am blessed and feel like 3 year old Jordan who needed he’s superman. You are my superhero my inspiration my rock, if I can be half the dad you are to my boy I will be the proudest man alive. Thank you for never leaving my side in that hospital, endless nights on the floor holding my hand - Dad I love you my best friend.

'My Mum, thank you for your shifts in the hospital staying over night while still working your job. Having to take your self to the hospital and my grandad all at the same time and never cracking. You are a hell of a woman and I am so thankful I love you.'

Jordan also thanked his wider family and friends for visiting him, telling them he will be 'eternally grateful' for their support.

He finished his lengthy post by writing: 'Drs and nurses and all staff who I feel have become a family to me. Thank you for every thing you have done for me I owe you so much.

'Your compassion your warmth and total understanding at times when I was being extremely scared and hard work. You never turned your backs on me. Thank you for saving my life! You are a credit to the NHS, to humanity and amazing, kind, extremely hardworking people!'

In previous health updates, Jordan described how his body felt 'battered and bruised', while he became so weak he was unable to walk, meaning he was also 'fighting a mental battle'.

While Sophie shared her terror at seeing him suffering seizures from the side-effects of meningitis and encephalitis as she opened up on the 'scary time' and reflected on how unpredictable life was.

She wrote: 'Life can come at you really fast. Literally in the blink of an eye. One minute you’re dreaming about your future together… and the next, you’re sitting in a hospital room, holding on to hope with everything you have.

'Watching the person I love in pain and fear, something I can’t fight for them is the hardest thing I’ve ever known. And through all this I’m carrying the tiniest piece of us a reminder that even in the darkest moments, life is still growing, still holding on.

'I never imagined I’d feel this much fear and this much love all at once. Life really can change in the blink of an eye. Please don’t take a single moment, a single person, for granted.

'Everyday I fall in love with you more and more @jordanbrook11 this whole thing feels like I’m living in a nightmare waiting to be woke up by you next to me in bed but I’m just grateful your here and fighting for your family.

'Our little baby boy is what is keeping this family going. I love you @jordanbrook11'.

Sophie and Jordan revealed they were expecting their first child at Christmas, following a two-year  battle and a chemical pregnancy - a very early pregnancy loss that usually happens just after the embryo implants.

And in January, the couple - who began dating in 2022 - announced they were having a baby boy with an.