Katie Piper was rushed to hospital for an emergency eye operation after her husband, Richard James Sutton, noticed a black spot.
The Loose Women star added her left eye became "extremely painful" and wasn't able to tolerate light. The mother of two's condition worsened as she was left feeling nauseous and in extreme pain, meaning she had to be rushed in to hospital.
Sharing photos of herself with a bandaged eye, Katie, 38, wrote on Instagram : "Emergency Operation for me! 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.
"By Sunday night I felt nausea and in extreme pain. I got in touch with my eye specialist @sherazdaya @centreforsightuk and unfortunately he confirmed the black circle was a hole in my eye and the eye had perforated. This had always been a fear that it would happen.
"Yesterday @sherazdaya sourced tissue for me and operated on me. I cannot thank him and his team enough, their knowledge and expertise but also how kind and caring they all are. There maybe some evil people in this world but there are also some pretty incredible people doing amazing things for people on a daily basis. Huge thank you team @sherazdaya @centreforsightuk You are the best!"
Katie's friends rushed to the comments to wish her well, with Alexandra Burke writing: "Sending you love darling and positive healing energy xxx."
While Gorka Marquez commented: "Sending you all the love."
Loose Women co-star Jane Moore wrote: "Sending love and a big hug xx."
Gordon Ramsay's daughter Holly said: "Wishing you a speedy recovery"
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