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Em Rusciano has been rushed to hospital after developing a rare and life-threatening condition.
The former radio star, 47, took to her Instagram Story on Monday to detail a shocking health ordeal that has left doctors baffled.
'I'm in hospital. I'm ok,' she wrote.
'The reason is so fkn ridiculous. I'm the talk of Austin [Hospital in Heidelberg], seriously, if this was an episode of House, I'd be the main storyline.'
Continuing, Em revealed that she was suffering from rhabdomyolysis – a rare and potentially life-threatening condition where damaged muscle tissue breaks down, releasing its intracellular contents into the bloodstream.
'I've developed something called rhabdomyolysis (rhabdo). Basically, my muscles (biceps to be exact) got so damaged that they started leaking into my blood,' Em wrote.
Em Rusciano has been rushed to hospital after developing a rare and life-threatening condition
The former radio star, 47, took to her Instagram Story on Monday to detail a shocking health ordeal that has left doctors baffled
'Those cells are in turn putting my kidneys under pressure, so they're flushing me aggressively with IV fluids. I have to have my wee measured every hour.'
Em added that she developed the condition after going 'too hard at the gym.'
'I'm ok, but I essentially went too hard at the gym and have caused some muscle death. As one does.'
She also revealed that she had become quite the curiosity among hospital staff.
'Doctors have literally been coming and talking to me for fun because they've not seen this happen to someone like me ever. I'm like a new zoo exhibit,' she wrote.
'My creatinine numbers were 45,000, and normal is below 5000. I know pride is the wrong emotion here.'
In a subsequent slide, Em admitted that pull-ups were the culprit.
'I got the Rhabdo doing pull ups. My biceps are still pretty swollen and I can't straighten my arms yet,' she wrote.
Em revealed that she was suffering from rhabdomyolysis – a rare and potentially life-threatening condition where damaged muscle tissue breaks down, releasing its intracellular contents into the bloodstream
'Doctors have literally been coming and talking to me for fun because they've not seen this happen to someone like me ever. I'm like a new zoo exhibit,' she wrote
Aside from her health scare, Em also detailed another ordeal she has been subjected to during her hospital stay.
She shared a short clip that showed her looking rather nonplussed as an electrical buzzing can be heard.
'The man next to me is flat out shaving,' she captioned the clip. 'In his bed. Sir, no.'
It comes after Em recently confirmed that she had split with her husband Scott Barrow.
The former radio star revealed in her latest memoir Blood, Sweat and Glitter, which hit shelves in October, that she and Scott had 'officially, properly, legally separated'.
Em admitted that an ADHD diagnosis at 42, coupled with an autism diagnosis the following year and perimenopause, changed her life completely.
'My relationship with Scott changed, which is probably not surprising, because I changed entirely,' she revealed.
She also revealed that the couple officially parted ways in November 2024, admitting: 'I’m way better than I was when it first happened.'
Aside from her health scare, Em also detailed another ordeal she has been subjected to during her hospital stay – the man in the bed next to her shaving
Em, who shares three children – Marchella, 24, Odette, 18, and Elio, 6, with Scott, added that the couple will continue to co-parent their youngest, Elio.
'We’re still a family, it’s just a different shape. We’re still very much involved in each other’s lives,' she said.
'We just kind of said this isn’t working for either of us, and we’re going to do this our way.
'All we really get is examples on American TV of divorces and separations, and it’s messy and awful, and there’s none of that here.
'He will always be my family as the father of my kids.'
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