‘One of the most traumatic weeks of our lives’: Jordan Banjo’s son Atreus, five weeks old, is hospitalized with sepsis and suspected meningitis
Jordan Banjo’s five-week-old baby was sadly hospitalized last week with sepsis and suspected meningitis.
The Diversity star, 30, welcomed his third child Atreus with wife Naomi Courts just weeks ago on April 25, but the little one has recently had a health scare.
Naomi took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the scary news, sharing how it was one of the most “traumatic weeks of their lives” and that they were even “discussing the worst.”
The couple already share son Cassius Ashley, four, and daughter Mayowa ‘Mimi’ Angel, three, after they got married in August last year.
Naomi wrote alongside a video of her holding her baby, “Last week I took Atreus to the emergency room after feeling something was not right and he was immediately admitted with sepsis and suspected meningitis.
“It has been the most emotionally draining, frightening week of our lives.
Difficult: Jordan Banjo’s baby was sadly hospitalized last week with sepsis and suspected meningitis
Scary: The Diversity star, 30, welcomed his third child Atreus with wife Naomi Courts a few weeks ago on April 25, but has recently dealt with health issues
Happy news: Jordan and his wife Naomi welcomed their third child at the end of April. They also share son Cassius Ashley, four, and daughter Mayowa ‘Mimi’ Angel, three, following their wedding last August
“We cried a lot, we barely slept, and we discussed the worst…but we carried each other through what might have been one of the most traumatic weeks of our lives.
“You never think it would be your baby and honestly I can’t explain how awful it is to leave your poor baby in a hospital and go home and just be ‘mommy’ to your other kids while your heart breaks. ‘
She added that she was lucky to have Jordan supporting her and alternating nights in the hospital so that one parent could care for the other children.
Naomi wrote that it was “tough but she had done the best for their babies and all she wants now is for her family to be back together ‘where they belong’.
She continued: ‘We are more than 5 days further and we finally have a stable temperature. It looks positive for Tre Tre and we are finally seeing an improvement.
“Our super brave strong boy has had all sorts of blood tests this week, a wood puncture and constant prodding and prodding, but there is finally light at the end of the tunnel and we can’t wait to get him home where he belongs.
“We still don’t really have answers and it’s still a week before the antibiotics, but he’s on the right track and we’re just staying positive.”
She then shared a list of the symptoms he had been experiencing so other parents could spot the signs.
Difficult: Naomi took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the scary news as she talked about how it was one of the most “traumatic weeks of their lives” and that they were even “discussing the worst”
Illness: She then shared a list of the symptoms he had been experiencing so other parents could spot the signs
