Geordie Shore's Marnie Simpson has revealed that her six-month old son is in hospital, after suffering a skull muscular disorder.
The 30-year-old recently broke the news to her 5.3milion Instagram followers, clearing the air as to why she hasn't been as active as usual over the past couple of weeks.
Taking to her social media account @marns explained that she and her young son Oax have 'honestly been going through a lot' before adding that she is having a 'tough time' at present.
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The Mirror reports that on her stories feature, she penned: "Sorry if I've not got back to anyone. We're honestly going through a lot with Oax. Please understand I'm not ignoring anyone just having a tough time atm I'll be back soon."
Later, she shared a snap of her cradling her sleeping baby while pouting towards the camera. She captioned the post: "Determined to get answers for you baby boy even if it kills me," before sharing a photo of Portland Hospital asking her followers 'wish us luck'.
The TV personality who initially appeared in season seven welcomed her second child Oax with fiancé Casey Johnson in May this year. She recently announced that the youngster has torticollis - a muscular problem which can cause the head to tilt.
Oax also has plagiocephaly - which involves a flattened head. Speaking on the condition, Marnie said: "So basically Oax has torticollis from his position in the womb which has left him unable to move his head left."
Although the condition is 'hopefully improving' through regular physio appointments, she added: "However this condition has left him with plagiocephaly."
Marnie recited the NHS description, which states that it involves the head being flattened on one side, causing it to look asymmetrical and like a parallelogram from above. It adds that the disorder - which affects the skull - can cause the ears to be misaligned and sometimes leads to the forehead and face bulging a little on the flat side.
The other type of 'flat head syndrome' is brachycephaly, which the NHS says involves the back of the head becoming flattened, causing it to widen and the forehead may bulge. Marnie continued in her post: "As you can see on Oax's graph he's on the severe side which even shocked me."
She added: "He's had his measurements taken yesterday by @technologyinmotion and in 2 weeks he'll get his helmet fitted. This company was recommended to me by various different places. Oax's head should end up in the yellow/green zone which is fab.
"Treatment should start between 4-6 months while the skulls are soft."
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