Ronan Keating’s wife leaves hospital for daughter’s birthday days after spine surgery
Storm Keating was overwhelmed to make it home from hospital in time for her daughter’s first birthday party.
The mum told Instagram followers she was finally back with her family after enduring what she described as ‘the most frightening week of my life.’
Storm, 39, was rushed to hospital suffering from agonising back pain before a doctor realised that it was cauda equina syndrome – a rare and sever type of spinal injury that can lead to paralysis.
Speaking about the diagnosis on Instagram, Storm shared her hopes to be back home in time for daughter Coco’s milestone day.
The mum, who shares son Cooper, three, and daughter Coco with singer Ronan, has spent the last week recovering in hospital alone owing to Covid restrictions.
Days after her ordeal, Storm being reunited with her loved ones as she shared snaps of her daughter’s birthday party and some highlights of the last year in a sweet Instagram montage.
She penned alongside it: “Happy 1st birthday to our little ray of sunshine… our little Coco Bean
“Today was an explosion of so many emotions for so many wonderful reasons. I love this girl with all my heart – what a spirit and what a sparkle. I’m so excited about the future ahead for this little firecracker, and the proudest mummy in the world. I love you.”
The happy occasion came after Storm revealed she was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery on her spine after being diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome.
The mum said she was initially taken to hospital for a prolapsed disc for which doctors said she would need ‘surgical intervention’ before the situation quickly escalated.
A doctor who was treating Storm, 39, realised she was suffering with cauda equina syndrome – a severe type of spinal stenosis which causes compression in the lower nerves leading to loss of sensation, incontinence and paralysis if not treated immediately.
The Australian fashion designer said she wouldn’t wish what she has been through on anyone as she opened up on a scary few days.
She began: ” ‘It’s been a long and trialling week, the most frightening week of my life.
“But I feel so utterly grateful to Dr Syed Aftab and all the amazing specialists, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and aids at #CromwellHospital who have assisted me through this.
“On Saturday I was rushed in with what we already knew was a very bad prolapsed disc, which had more recently escalated to the point where it needed surgical intervention.”
Storm said she was stabilising in hospital when doctors discovered she had cauda equina compression/ syndrome for which she needed emergency spinal surgery to avoid permanent damage.
“If it wasn’t for Dr Aftab and his acute diligence, care, attentiveness and skills, I would not be walking out of this hospital with the prospects of leading the normal life I had always envisioned I would,” Storm revealed.
Sharing her thanks to the hospital staff, Storm said : “There are no words that will ever come close to describing my gratitude to you Syed, thank you.
“And to Georgia and all the wonderful nurses and healthcare assistants who wiped my tears, comforted my fears, cleaned me up and allowed me to keep my dignity in moments where I thought I would lose it… you are amazing human beings to do what you do, thank you.”
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