Lucy Mecklenburgh shares baby daughter's terrifying hospital dash that saw her on oxygen and tube fed

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Lucy Mecklenburgh has opened up to fans after having a terrifying scare with her baby daughter. The former The Only Way is Essex star says she rushed her two-month-old little girl, Lilah Rae, to the hospital after she developed a high temperature.

Taking to social media, she shared how her daughter wasn't "coping well" after catching a cough from her older brother Roman, two, and was left "choking on milk and saliva".

Taking to her Instagram stories, Lucy posted a photo of her baby girl, who she shares with former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas, with a tube attached to her face as she lay sleeping. Over the image, she told her 1.7million followers: "Lots of messages asking where I've been for 5 days.

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"Unfortunately Lilah got really poorly with Bronchiolitis so we have had a few days in hospital She is home now and doing well I'm obviously not in any position to give medical advice but this is our experience for parents that may want to know what happened & what to look out for."

The worried mum-of-two, 30, explained that first-born Roman came down with a "really bad cough", which she presumed he picked up from preschool. "Lilah caught it and 3 days in she wasn't coping with it very well, tummy sucking in, cough getting worse, high temperature, coughing & choking on milk and her saliva," she went on to explain.

She said the little Lilah was then given oxygen and "was tube fed for a couple of days," before getting a nose swab which led to her testing positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) which Lucy said causes Bronchiolitis. Lucy ended her post by saying the tot is "home & happy now