Fans of ITV Loose Women star Katie Piper have flocked to Instagram to send messages of support after the broadcaster was rushed into hospital for an emergency operation. The TV favourite outlined the news of her ordeal on social media.
Alongside a lengthy post, Kate shared two a photographs, one of herself with hospital mask dropped below her chin and patch covering her eye. She captioned the announcement: "Emergency operation for me!".
Detailing the events that began on Saturday, August 13, she wrote: "On Saturday my husband noticed a small black circle in my blind eye, I was excited thinking I had a pupil again, but by Sunday my left eye was extremely painful and couldn’t tolerate light, so I patched it up and put it down to old injuries. I’m used to being in some level of discomfort and I went to work."