TOWIE's Lucy Mecklenburgh shares heartbreak over son Roman’s health setback

The Only Way Is Essex star Lucy Mecklenburgh has revealed her trauma after a health scare left her young son needing daily medication and an inhaler.

The ex-reality TV favourite, 30, faced two-year-old Roman being rushed into hospital last year after he was found "blue in his cot" READ MORE: TOWIE's Lucy Mecklenburgh gives birth to second child with Corrie star Ryan Thomas She told followers on Instagram Stories that the toddler was placed on a ventilator in intensive care, and earlier this year was diagnosed with a condition that caused fluids he drank to get into his lungs.

The toddler underwent a videofluroscopy, an X-ray taken as a patient consumes fluid and now needs a special thickener instead of thin liquids to combat the problem.

Lucy shared a snap of her son's medication and inhaler and said: "After a really positive few months with Roman have a diagnosis & on the thickened fluids."She added: "He has a little wheeze & cough so we are back here it's still a win if we don't end up in a&e." Earlier this year the star, who shares Roman with fiance Ryan Thomas, 37, reportedly said of her son's attendance at hospital: “It was to check that there wasn’t any fluid when he drinks going down the wrong way and into his lungs."I honestly thought that it wasn’t going to show that, so I kept my days’ work in and he went with Ryan. For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here .She added: “I like to be at all the appointments and Ryan rang me and said it was showing there is fluid going into his lungs.