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Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan reveals daughter, aged three, is back in hospital after second medical emergency
It came after medics suspected the tot has a hole in her heart
A TOP Strictly Come Dancing star has revealed their daughter is "back in hospital" for the second time.
Back in December, the former BBC One show professional and his co-star wife told how the toddler was admitted to the medical ward unexpectedly.
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Now James Jordan, 45, has given fans another sorry update on daughter Ella, aged three, as he posted a snap to Instagram last night.
It showed the tot wrapped in a green blanket looking sad on her hospital bed.
Clearly worried mum Ola, 41, was seen giving her a big hug as they waited for further assistance.
He captioned the image: "Back in hospital with my baby girl."
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James, who quit Strictly Come Dancing in 2014, then updated fans this morning with an update on her condition.
In a video where he was sat with Ola and a poorly looking Ella on the sofa at home, James told fans: "So we all had a really fun night last night. We took Ella to hospital because her cough was so bad, I might actually put a little video up after this to show you, it was horrendous.
"Anyway we got into hospital and they were absolutely amazing. The nurses were so lovely with her again and the doctor was fantastic.
"She has, apparently, croup. They gave her a steroid called Dexamethasone which helped but then this morn she woke up again at 9 o' clock - we didn't get home til half three - and she woke up and was horrendous again.
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"We gave her some more which they gave us to take away but we can't seem to get on top of it at the moment unfortunately."
Ella was being cradled by Ola in the video and still coughing.
James then shared the video from the night before of Ella coughing uncontrollably in bed while a distressed Ola looked on trying to help her.
James wrote on the upsetting clip: "My poor baby. The reason I recorded this was to show at the hospital incase she has improved when we got there - but she hadn't."
Last month, the TV star told how Ella had a viral infection after her temperature soared.
In a detailed caption at the time, he wrote: "My little warrior!! We are still at Pembury Hospital but she has finally turned a corner after 5 days and long nights of fighting an extremely high temperature.
"It started Monday but on Wednesday night things got pretty bad and temperature was 40+ so took her to A and E at roughly midnight where a doctor gave her a quick look over and said it was a viral infection and told us to continue with Calpol/Ibrofen and take her home and it would take its course.
"I did try to say it seems more like a chest infection than a viral infection but I’m not the expert. He also told us that it wasn’t because he had listened to her chest.”
She was later diagnosed with pneumonia.
Just last week, they updated fans and told how medics fear Ella has a hole in her heart.
Ola explained to magazine: "Ella was first diagnosed with a heart murmur a couple of years ago.
"Then, just before her second birthday, she was at the hospital and the doctor said: 'I'm not sure about her heart; there’s a little hole that needs to be double checked with another doctor.'"
James continued: "We were told that if she does have a hole in the heart, they can’t do anything until she’s older and stronger, so they suggested we wait."
James has never been shy in sharing his personal life with fans, and recently told of his devastation at his father's death.
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Meanwhile, James joined Strictly in 2006, while Ola appeared from from 2006 to 2015.
The couple first met in 1999 and married in 2004, before welcoming their daughter a few years ago.
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