Dancing On Ice star Greg Rutherford has revealed that his son has been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. The Olympian, 38, took to Instagram on Monday to praise his son Rex, 7, for being so brave after he was rushed to A&E over the weekend to undergo surgery to have his appendix removed.
Greg, who shares Rex with his wife Susie Verrill, 35, updated his Instagram followers with a number of pictures of his son sitting in his hospital bed. The seven-year-old’s face was covered with an emoji in the stories, but he could be seen sipping water from a glass after his surgery.
Rex’s proud dad confirmed that his emergency surgery and hospital stay was down to appendicitis – but confirmed that thankfully, Rex is on the mend now. “We’ve had an eventful few days,” the Olympian wrote.
“Finished up with TCA Camps on Thursday to Rex going straight in to hospital with appendicitis that night. He was so brave start to finish and now back at home requesting all the food. Think those hours he was nil by mouth has scarred him.”
Greg is also a proud dad to, Milo, 10, and Daphne, 3, and told his followers that while Rex was recovering at home, he took his eldest and youngest out trampolining to get them out of the house. However, this isn’t the first time that Rex has ended up in hospital. Last year, Rex was admitted to hospital after falling and suffering a head injury.
At the time, Greg told his followers: “It would seem we have created my exact replica in Rexy. Another head injury to leave another scar. He’s got a few more to go to match me but he’s doing his best to catch.”
Greg’s three-year-old daughter was also rushed to hospital last year as she struggled to breathe. At the time, his wife Susie took to Instagram to share the scary update of their daughter and claimed she had ‘guilt’ at not taking to youngster to be checked out sooner.
Susie confirmed their youngest child Daphne had suffered with croup and wrote: “So glad I decided to bring her to hospital because she was NOT good. What a difference some steroids make.”
In another update, she wrote: “Thanks for all your kind messages. I’ve got huge guilt for not taking her in sooner – we’re pretty experienced with croup and aside from once with Milo, it’s always sorted itself out with cold air, drinks and keeping them calm.”
“When I took her in this morning they heard her breathe and rushed us straight through to have steroids because her nostrils were flaring and throat was tugging. Because she’d been so calm and chatty with me I didn’t really panic too much initially.”
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