Caught Singer Charlie SimpsonFour-year-old son Jago has been hospitalized abroad, he has revealed.
The pop frontman shared a photo of his youngest son in A&E with a tube coming out of his nose.
The 37-year-old revealed he and his family were on holiday when Iago was suffering “secondary drowning”.
Secondary drowning is a rare condition that occurs when a child inhales water while swimming, resulting in a lung be ignited and damaged.
Symptoms of the complex condition can take up to 24 hours to develop after a person has been in the water.
in a (n Instagram Post accompanying the photo, Simpson wrote: “Hi everyone. I wanted to share a horrific experience we recently had with my youngest son Jago, hoping that if it just helps one person avoid a similar situation it will be worth it.
“We were on vacation and enjoyed a morning in the pool. Jago is a strong swimmer for his age and he swam underwater but suddenly came up spluttering and coughing.”
He added that his son was “at no point” left unattended and that the incident was “temporary” and didn’t strike them as particularly unusual.
Simpson said they removed Jago from the pool and he appeared fine and happy for the rest of the day.
In the evening, however, things took a turn for the worse.
“At dinner he became very lethargic and fell asleep in my wife’s arms. After dinner, he suddenly woke up and started throwing up,” Simpson said.
A doctor was called and diagnosed the child with food poisoning and advised Simpson and his wife to put their son to bed.
“Before the doctor left I suddenly remembered that Iago had been coughing in the pool that morning and I remembered reading about a condition called secondary drowning so I passed it on to the doctor.
“After hearing that, his demeanor changed and he told us to go to the ER immediately,” he revealed.
Simpson said it took them an hour to reach the hospital, during which time Iago’s condition worsened.
The father-of-two continued, “He seemed to be drifting in and out of consciousness.
“He was rushed to CT scans and X-rays and to our absolute horror we were told he had fluid in his lungs and was minutes away from pneumonia.”
Jago was subsequently diagnosed with secondary drowning.
“He spent the next three days in hospital and I am so grateful for the amazing care he received. It was the worst thing we’ve ever experienced,” Simpson said.
“The scariest thing of all is that if we hadn’t taken him to the hospital at the time, the outcome could have been very different.”
Secondary drowning, or “dry” drowning, are terms used to describe breathing difficulties that occur after water-related incidents.
However, these terms have been challenged in recent years by the World Health Organization (WHO), which argues that the term “drowning” should be used to refer to any breathing difficulties associated with water incidents.
According to that National Water Security Forum277 people died by drowning in 2021.
