Rylan Clark gives major health update on his mum Linda after she was rushed to hospital
The beloved presenter had previously told fans that he would be absent from his usual BBC Radio show because Linda had been taken to an emergency ward.
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On Friday, Rylan posted: "'Mummy Linda isn't well sadly so I won't be hosting the show tomorrow.
"Thank you to the emergency team at Princess Alexandra Hospital.
"'Will keep you updated as she's on the mend. She's a trooper.'
Rylan kept true to his word and updated his fans earlier today writing: "She's all good. Hoping she will be home for her birthday.
"She's now worried about the wheelie bins going out again."
Later, Rylan gave fans another update and confirmed that she would be back home for her 73rd birthday on Sunday, July 20.
" Antibiotics have worked. Letting her home on orals. So she's home for her bday.
"Cheers everyone for your messages. Means a lot. Off sort wheelie bins x," he wrote on his Instagram Stories.
In 2022 Linda spent time in hospital after suffering a nasty fall while on holiday in Marbella.
At the time, Rylan told fans: "So unfortunately I took my mum away on her first holiday in a good few years and sadly she's had quite a bad fall, resulting in her having to have surgery out here.
"She's not in the best health with her other conditions and this has made it more complicated."
But it wasn't long before Linda was back to her best, with Rylan telling The Sun just months later: "My mum is doing really really well... she's really really great.
"She's stumbling about Lakeside, so she's very much back to normal."
Linda became an instant hit with viewers when she appeared alongside Rylan on Celebrity Gogglebox.
What is Crohn's disease?
CROHN's disease is a lifelong condition where parts of the digestive system become inflamed.
It is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which, along with ulcerative colitis, affects almost half a million people in the UK.
Symptoms usually start in childhood, but the disease affects people of all ages. These include:
Diarrhoea
Stomach aches and cramps
Blood in your poo
Tiredness (fatigue)
Weight loss
There is no cure, but treatment can help reduce or control symptoms.
Some people take medication to lessen inflammation in the digestive system, while others might have surgery to remove a small area.
The exact cause is unknown, but genes, problems with your immune system, smoking, stomach bugs and gut bacteria imbalances are believed to play a part.
Source: NHS
Linda was diagnosed with Crohn's when she was 30, which is a condition that causes inflammation of the digestive system.
Over the years Linda has had three major bowel operations and takes numerous medicines each day for her condition.
Crohn's disease is a chronic condition, which affects around one in 1,200 people in the UK, causing inflammation of the lining of the digestive system, although it is most commons in the intestines.
It causes symptoms including diarrhoea, intense abdominal pain, weight loss and fatigue.
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