Katie Price says mum had 'two weeks to live' before lifesaving transplant

15 August 2023 , 17:11

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Katie Price says mum had 'two weeks to live' before lifesaving transplant

Katie Price has revealed her mum Amy was given just "two weeks" to live before receiving a lifesaving lung transplant.

The TV personality's mum was diagnosed in idopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 2017 and her ongoing health illness is terminal. Amy underwent a lifesaving transplant last year after falling into a coma and doctors telling her daughter she had just two weeks to live.

The I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star opened up on her mother's illness on Michelle Visage's Rule Breakers podcast. Katie explained: "She's had her lung transplant. She had it in December. I can't believe how tough it is. She's 70. She had all the oxygen in, but she's found it hard to try to breathe [with her lung], because she's used to the oxygen being in. She only had two weeks left, and they found her a donor. She was in a coma, out of a coma, it was like, 'Is she going to live?'"

Katie opened up on her mum's Amy condition (Katie Price/Instagram)

Amy received lifesaving surgery after falling into a coma (Katie Price/Instagram)

Symptoms of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis can include a persistent dry cough, shortness of breath, tiredness, loss of appetite and weight loss and swollen fingertips. Amy spent three months recovering after the transplant and told ITV's This Morning recently that she "jumped" at the opportunity when it was offered.

Amy opened up on her diagnosis in 2017 on Loose Women with Katie subsequently clarifying on Twitter: "My mum has been diagnosed with a lung disease called Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) there is unfortunately no known cure for this. As a shock to us all, Me and my family are proud to be supporting the British Lung foundation to help support awareness and raising funds for research of IPF. With this we can help in other diagnosis and create awareness for people with IPF.

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"The condition has an average life expectancy of 3-5 years. There are two known pills which if they work can slow things down. My mum is a fighter she is working out every day, going to work and living life to the full please help us in supporting The British Lung foundation so we can make a difference."

Charlotte McIntyre