TOWIE star Kelsey Stratford's eight-year-old sister Kennedy nearly died from coronavirus, her dad has revealed. The youngster, who has life-limiting disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy, was discharged from hospital in November.
Her family had been racked with worry as Kennedy fought for her life in intensive care. Her condition already compromises her respiratory system, and the family were told to prepare for the worst.
Now dad Paul has spoken of the ordeal, telling the Mirror: "We didn't know if she was going to make it. "She went through a torrid time, it literally impacted her whole body.
It was awful to watch. "The doctors told us they were changing the antibiotics they were giving her, and that it needed to work because there was nothing.