Vanessa Lacheyis opening up further about her sonPhoenix Robert‘s hospitalization overrespiratory syncytial virus (RSV), revealing it was the most challenging part of her life and marriage — and is something she has not yet gotten over.
Speaking toE! News‘s Carissa Culiner forMom2Mom, theTop Chef Jr.host, 38, discussed the complications after her son — who was born 10 weeks premature following an umbilical-cord prolapse —contracted RSVand was hospitalized.
At the time, Vanessa shared a photo of Phoenix, now 2 and an “incredibly amazing and healthy” little boy, wrapped up in a blanket, wearing a hospital gown, with a breathing tube up his nose.
“He was in the hospital for seven days in the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit),” revealed the former Miss Teen USA. “[We] could have almost lost him.”
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As parents to Phoenix, 4-year-old daughterBrooklyn Elisabethand sonCamden John, 6½, Vanessa and husbandNick Lacheysoon figured out how to balance parenting duties during the hospitalization — but it wasn’t easy.
“Thankfully, I have such a supportive husband who was like, ‘I got the other two, you focus on Phoenix,’ ” Vanessa said of the98 Degreesfrontman, 45. “I did not leave [Phoenix’s] side in the hospital.”
She went on to reveal that Phoenix’s health impactedher relationship with her husband. “[It was] definitely the hardest part in my life and also in my marriage,” Vanessa said on the show. “Not in a negative way, just in a very challenging way.”
“Nick actually mentioned the other day, ‘I don’t know if we’ve ever gotten over that.’ We’ve never really talked about it and gotten over it. We’ve still kind of just been playing catch-up since then, you know?” she revealed. “It’s an intense time.”
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Vanessapreviously spoke to PEOPLEabout her decision to share Phoenix’s story in an effort to support other families who may face similar issues.
source: people.com
