Dorit Kemsley shared more details about her son Jagger’s “very scary” emergency surgeries on Monday.
The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star, 48, gushed that she was “very, very happy to say he’s doing so much better” as she recovered from a septic hip.
According Johns Hopkins MedicineThe condition, also known as septic arthritis, is an infection of joint fluid and tissue that spreads through the bloodstream. It is most commonly found in children and is treated by giving antibiotics and draining excess fluid.
‘He had two hip surgeries in less than a week. Emergency surgery,” Dorit said. Us weekly. “This little guy has been through a lot, but he’s amazing.”
Dorit’s good news about her 10-year-old son Jagger comes as she and co-star Kyle Richards are rumored to be fighting over their exes.
Dorit Kemsley, 48, shared an upbeat update Monday about her resilient son Jagger, 10, after he underwent two emergency surgeries for a septic hip; seen in February in Santa Monica
She said Jagger had “been through a lot” but now walked with only a “small limp” and no longer needed a walker.
Although Dorit, who shares Jagger with her ex-husband PK, was optimistic about her son’s condition, she noted that he still walked with a “little limp.”
However, her mobility has improved significantly and she said she no longer needs a walker to get around.
“It was scary, difficult and challenging, but he was very strong and brave,” she said.
Dorit noted that the medical interventions were a shock to her son, as her children “hadn’t even had blood drawn” before he was rushed into surgery.
“The next thing you know, we’re in the emergency room,” he added.
Jagger’s condition was complicated by some misdiagnoses, which unfortunately meant that his septic arthritis had become more severe.
Therefore, the doctors did not waste any more time preparing him for surgery.
“I had about 10 minutes from when they told me they were going to have emergency surgery until they took him away,” Dorit confessed.
“It was scary, difficult and challenging, but he was very strong and brave,” she said of Jagger.
Dorit, who said Jagger had to undergo emergency surgery because he was initially misdiagnosed, was delighted that he has recovered enough to make a joint costume with the family for Halloween.
The experience of waiting for her son to come out of the operating room was “very traumatic” and “very scary,” but she thanked God when her little one came out in good condition.
However, he was not out of the woods and required a second surgery just five days later, and Dorit said she had to deal with “a few other setbacks” while recovering.
‘Seeing him not walking for a month and being in hospital for two weeks and then leaving in a wheelchair with a walker, limping, walking and soon running… children are very resilient. “They recover,” he said. ‘Thank God, he is doing very, very well. So I’m very happy.”
Jagger’s recovery meant he was able to join his eight-year-old sister Phoenix and parents when Dorit and PK reunited for Halloween.
On Instagram, she posted cute photos of the quartet in matching Flintstones outfits, and Jagger looked healthy and happy in the smiling photos.
“It was great,” Dorit said of the trick-or-treating session, which the family is “looking forward to.”
“When Jagger was in the hospital and we didn’t know what was going on, I really didn’t know if there was going to be Halloween,” he admitted. ‘And then for us to be able to do it and get dressed and be able to take them trick-or-treating, it was everything. So I’m very happy.”
During the holidays, Dorit reunited with her ex-husband, and Jagger’s father, PK; photographed together in 2022
Kyle Richards recently shut down rumors that she and Dorit were fighting. Dorit was rumored to be pursuing her ex Mauricio, while Kyle was rumored to have feelings for PK.
This week, Dorit’s RHOBH co-star Kyle Richards attempted to shut down rumors that she and Dorit had been fighting over their alleged interest in spouses separated from each other.
She made it clear that although she exchanged messages with PK, who split from Dorit in May, she didn’t think of him “as a brother” but rather as “one of the girls,” she said. Additional television.
“He’ll admit it himself,” she added with a laugh, before confirming that she wasn’t attracted to PK.
She also clarified that any drama between her and Dorit was not due to rumors that Dorit had her eye on her ex-husband Mauricio Umansky.