Louise Thompson breaks silence on emergency surgery, saying ‘the world has been unkind to me again’
LOUISE Thompson has broken her silence on being back in hospital for emergency surgery.
The former Made in Chelsea star said she felt “the world has been unkind to me again” before paying tribute to the “angels” looking after her.
Louise posted a picture from hospital of a sunshine balloon at the bottom of her bed, telling fans: “It’s world kindness day.”
The 34-year-old fell ill unexpectedly nine days ago and went into septic shock post-surgery, her fiance Ryan Libbey revealed.
Speaking for the first time since her dramatic health scare, Louise – who had stoma bag surgery in January, continued: “The world feels like it’s been a bit unkind to me again. But today is a new day. And that hopefully means home.
“I really hate to say it but I’ve been back in hospital feeling very poorly (I feel like the word ‘poorly’ warrants the label of an Onomatopoeia – everything about it resembles elderly, frail illnessy stuff).
“As I say it I feel like a grandma blowing out bubbles for words. It looks and sounds sick. Like I did. Even though I’m also confusingly only 34 and incredibly strong. Mentally and physically STRONG. If I do say so myself.
“I’m almost embarssed at this point. BUT there is light. Despite the surgery, the butt drain, the catheter, the stoma, the robinsons drains, dreaded pigtail drain, copious cannulas, blood tests galore…
“My poor poor bod. I’ve felt like a bit of a zombie. But there have been beacons of kindness EVERYWHERE.
“It’s been needed because oh goodness me it’s been quite scary seeing my body laden with so many foreign objects. I’m amazed I even managed to move with all that in at one point.
“I literally had a tail dangling out of me. Stitched in. In fact I felt like an octopus with multiple legs or tubes (turns out a cannula with different entry points is called an octopus too).
“Great minds. Or a great subconscious mind and memory of mine.
“Ahhh the joy of heavy heavy opioids for getting me through the worst of it. Thank goodness for poppies. Thank goodness for science. Thank goodness for modern medicine.
“Back to the important thing : kindness. There have been many many people who have been incredibly kind who have got me through.
“Like BEYOND KIND. Angel level of kind. The kind of people you meet and think ‘gosh I wish I was as kind as you because you are next level kind, going out of your way to help others. You really are a superstar kind of god given gift.’
“It’s really remarkable that there are people out there that are THIS cool.
“Actually I don’t mean cool. I mean warm, really really warm. Because warm > cool. The world is a better place because of you.
“My faith in humanity is actually at an all time high right.”