ABLETT TOT IN DASH TO EMERGENCY
JORDAN Ablett has revealed her toddler son Levi suffered a recent health scare that ended in a dash to the hospital emergency room.
The two-year-old son of Jordan and retired Geelong Cats star husband Gary has a rare degenerative disease.
An ambassador for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal, Jordan said Levi’s condition was “very much a wait-and-see scenario”.
“Levi has many specialists overseeing him, which means there are lots of appointments for us to attend,’’ she said.
“Having telehealth has allowed us not to travel as frequently, however we would still go into the hospital a couple of times a month on average and sometimes more depending on Levi’s needs that month.
“We did recently have a scare, which saw us spontaneously in emergency, but thankfully he is back home with us and overall his health is stable at this point and he is very happy, which makes us happy.
“The Royal Children’s Hospital plays a major role in caring for our son.”
Jordan is looking forward to helping raise funds for the appeal.
“It’s a privilege to be working so closely with the hospital and for a reason other than my son being attended to as a patient,’’ she said. “I have always wanted to be someone who endorses things that I live and/or love.
“In this instance, I live this very thing on a daily basis with my family and along with all the other families connected to the RCH and whose hearts break for their children.
“We acknowledge that this is hard for us, but all it takes is a trip to the hospital to see that there are always people who are doing it harder.
“We are so thankful that Levi gets to be at home with us, unlike so many other sick children who actually have to live at the hospital and we always think about how tough that must be.”