The heartbroken mum says Harvey is struggling and she is waiting to hear from doctors
Katie Price has given an update on son Harvey’s health as she says his condition is ‘increasingly life-threatening’. Harvey, 22, is Katie’s eldest child, son of footballer Dwight Yorke.
Throughout his life, Harvey has battled health issues – including a condition called Prader-Willi syndrome, which means he is constantly hungry. Katie has been trying to help Harvey lose weight as she fears he has reached a dangerous level of obesity. Taking to social media over the weekend, Katie said Harvey is now almost 30 stone.
Speaking on Snapchat, she said: “I’m so heartbroken and gutted that his weight is just going up. I just googled it in stones, 188kg is just a few kg of being 30 stone. It’s so life-threatening now, I’m still waiting for the doctors to get back to me starting on the Mounjaro and his journey to a healthy life.”
She added: “It’s so sad his quality of life at the moment where he’s so big, he just can’t really do much. It’s just another thing I have to deal with because he’s at high risk of having a heart attack, he struggles to put his trainers or struggles to walk anywhere but I love him and I’m going to help him through this.”
Katie said: “So sad, obesity and his condition is sad, it’s sad to see someone go through it and he doesn’t understand.”
Earlier this year, Katie revealed that she had turned to weight loss jabs in an effort to help Harvey control his weight.
Katie told The Sun: “The good thing about starting him on the drug is, if it has any effect, you can stop it because you do it weekly. We’ve tried food, he’s had dietitians, it’s just the way he is. And he’s on a lot of medication which the drug won’t affect. They want to try him on it for at least one or two years, which is a long time, but they’ll control what level he needs then up it as they assess it.”
Katie recently revealed Harvey has been a cheerleader for her while she has been performing in stage shows. Earlier this month, the mum – who is starring in an Easter pantomime production of Pinocchio – shared footage of Harvey supporting her backstage.
She wrote alongside a clip that she shared via Instagram: “My bestie supporting me on the panto tour. My Harvey bear lots of fun backstage with my baby boy.”
