Talia Oatway, the former partner of television personality Aaron Chalmers, star of the British reality show “Geordie Shore,” has given an emotional update on the health of their youngest son, Oakley. The toddler, who turns 2 in August, was born with Apert syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes abnormalities in the bones of the skull, hands, and feet. “He’s got a lumbar drain in for now to help drain the CSF,” she wrote in a since-expired Instagram story.
“There will be a meeting Monday to discuss the next step which will probably lead to another operation which could be a shunt.” In an ensuing video, posted on Monday, Ms. Oatway elaborated on the procedure, which she said has “been so stressful.
” “It’s been a dramatic morning. Oakley’s lumbar drain, the previous one that he had, the site has been stitched, I think, three times, um, but it’s leaking CSF again. So they’re going to try and re-stitch it,” she said, noting that if the lumbar drain doesn’t work, doctors will have to place a shunt, or hollow tube, in Oakley’s brain to help drain the fluid.
“I just see no light at the end of the tunnel at the moment,” she said. “I just feel so guilty for him.” In a subsequent video, Ms.
Oatway said her son spent much of Sunday evening projectile vomiting. Ms. Oatway, who has a 10-year-old daughter named Siennah from a previous relationship, shares two other children with Mr.
Chalmers. The former couple, who dated for five years before .