Katie Price has given fans further insight into her mum’s health struggles in a heartbreaking update.
Amy Price, 73, was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2017. According to the NHS, it is a condition that causes the lungs to become scarred and breathing to become increasingly difficult.
Doctors previously told her that her life expectancy was up to five years. In November 2022, Amy had a lung transplant.
Speaking on the latest episode of her podcast, The Katie Price Show, which she hosts with her sister Sophie, Katie admitted that Amy has lost her independence.
The former glamour model began to her mum: ‘I do feel you for you, mum, because people have to understand what my mum’s gone through.
‘Like, her brain is just so active and still switched on. She can’t do the things that she used to do, which is frustrating for her.’
Citing an example, the reality TV icon informed listeners that Amy will be joining her at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival.
She explained: ‘I am a patient person, but when my mother teases me and says, “Let’s go look at the shops in Isle of Wight, shall I take my walker or wheelchair?”, and I’m like, “No, we’re taking your wheelchair because I’m not taking an hour”.’
Amy replied: ‘It’s not doing me any good because I’m meant to walk to help myself.’
The update comes after Katie revealed how her mum’s declining health has forced her to rethink her own unhealthy habits.
After a year of vaping, she shared recently that she’s giving up, declaring it ‘disrespectful’ to Amy’s lung disease.
‘I have a big confession to make, and if there’s anyone out there who wants to join me, do it,’ she told the camera.
‘I’ve decided that today is the day I am throwing this battery, chemical, addictive, horrible thing away. I am not doing vapes no more from today.’
Katie urged others to ‘join her’ in kicking the habit, having cleared out her home and car of vapes.
Her lifestyle change followed a lung scan that she had, before which she confessed to her followers that she felt ‘nervous’.
Keeping fans in the loop, she documented the process at a London clinic, explaining that she was keen to know more after her mum’s diagnosis and find out whether lung issues were ‘genetic’.
‘But my lungs are absolutely perfect; nothing wrong with them, and he gave me advice on how to get off the vapes,’ she detailed. ‘So I’m starting to wean myself off the vapes.
‘It’s all good news; they’re all working well, and they’re really good lungs, especially for my age. So all good! I’m all healthy!’
Meanwhile, Amy has good and bad days with her condition, with her health starting to fluctuate, especially last year due to the unpredictable nature of IPF.
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