Billi Mucklow rushes son to A&E after he falls ill and she tells fans it’s ‘so scary’
BILLI Mucklow has whisked her son to hospital after he fell 'scarily' unwell with a sickness bug.
The former Towie star's son Arlo has Type 1 diabetes, meaning the virus caused his ketone level to shoot up dangerously high.
Billi, 37, shared a picture of nine-year-old Arlo propped up in a hospital bed in A&E and told her followers how frightening it had been.
She said: "Sickness bug with a Type 1 diabetic is so scary!
"First time Arlo has had ketones 1.6 so we ended up in A&E."
Type 1 diabetes impacts the body’s ability to produce insulin, and being unwell can raise blood sugar, and ketone levels dangerously high.
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Billi shares Arlo with her estranged husband, footballer Andy Carroll. The former couple are also parents to Wolf, seven, and four-year-old Marvel.
They split in 2024 after 11 years together, with The Sun revealing their break-up had happened quietly in July.
Andy later went public with his new relationship with Lou Teasdale in December and currently splits his time between France and the UK.
The former England striker now plays for Championnat National 2 club Bordeaux.
On Monday, Andy shared a loved up picture of himself and Lou in Bordeaux by the harbour.
Billi, meanwhile, is living in the £4.1m family mansion back home in the UK with their three children.
Andy's two teenage children from his from his former relationship with Faye Johnstone are also believed to regularly stay with her at their house.
Before Arlo was taken to hospital, Billi told how the household had been struck down with a nasty sickness bug.
She said: "Sickness bug has got 2 out of 5. Who's next?"
Billi and Andy had started dating in 2013 and got engaged the following year.
The pair had a long engagement before tying the knot at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hampshire in 2022.
Type 1 vs type 2 diabetes
There are two main types of diabetes, which causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high.
Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong condition where the body's immune system attacks and destroys the cells that produce the hormone insulin.
It affects around 344,000 people in the UK.
Type 2 diabetes on the other hand is far more common, accounting for more than 90 per cent of the 4.4million adults with diabetes.
It occurs when the body doesn't produce enough insulin, or the body's cells don't react to it properly.
There are no lifestyle changes you can make to lower your risk of type 1 diabetes.
But you may be at higher risk of type 2 diabetes if you are overweight or obese, eat unhealthily, have a family history of the condition, take certain medications for a long time, have high blood pressure, and have had gestational diabetes during pregnancy.
People of Asian, Black African or African Caribbean origin are also at increased risk.
Source: NHS and Diabetes UK
The couple's split came two years after he passed out on a bed with two women on his stag do.
Pals said the couple filed the legal papers for a divorce in September last year.
A source said at the time: “Andy and Billi care about each other a lot and have made some great memories together, but decided it was best for the family if they went their separate ways having grown apart.
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“They’re still focusing on the kids and being the best parents they can be and being respectful of each other.
"They want the process to be straightforward for everyone involved. Andy has been throwing himself into his football.”