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Jess Wright has revealed her son Presley was rushed to hospital by ambulance after passing out when he was 'catapulted off a bouncy castle' at a birthday party in a 'freak accident'.
The former TOWIE star, who shares her four-year-old son with husband William, opened up about the 'scariest day of my life' as she took to Instagram to share a health update on her little boy on Tuesday.
Jess revealed Presley, who was diagnoses with a rare congential heart disease in 2024, fell three metres from a bouncy castle and landed face down on a hard wooden floor which left him 'struggling to breathe'.
He was quickly rushed to a London hospital in an ambulance and was treated in the trauma unit where Jess and William were told by doctors their son could have 'broken his ribs, suffered a spinal injury and worse'.
Luckily, Jess' little boy was discharged 'with no injuries' but she explained how she will be 'haunted' by the day as she shared a photo of Presley strapped to an ambulance stretcher while holding her hand.
She wrote: 'The love I feel for this child physically hurts. We had a really scary thing happen at a bday party on Saturday and he's been so clingy (even more than usualy) ever since.
'Presley got catapulted off the top of a bouncy castle high in the air and landed face down on hard wooden floor from about three metres high. A noise that silence the whole party and will haunt me I'm sure'.
Jess Wright has revealed her son Presley was rushed to hospital by ambulance after passing out when he was 'catapulted off a bouncy castle' at a birthday party in a 'freak accident'
The former TOWIE star, who shares her four-year-old son with husband William, opened up about the 'scariest day of my life' as she took to Instagram to share a health update on Tuesday
She continued: 'My baby was struggling to breathe and then passed out in our arms until coming to in what felt like ages later but probably about five seconds.
'To say he was in a state is an understatement aswell as mum and dad.
'We were blue lit to the trauma unit in London and on the journey things were being discussed like broken ribs, spine injury and worse.
'Miraculously when we arrived the show had subsided slightly and pain killers kicked in and a few hours later we were released with no injuries other than a few bruises, a very sore little boy and traumatised parents'.
Jess said they had a 'lucky escape' with the accident and thanked paramedics and doctors for helping her son, who was in a 'truly horrendous state'.
Jess continued: 'Like most I'm sure, Will and I are so very panicky around Presley's safety especially because of his heart condition, so the face this happened to him, we were beside ourselves.
'It was a freak accident that couldn't have been avoided but I will say I'll be more carefull in future if the bouncy castle is on a wooden floor oppose to mates or I guess maybe grass.
'It was a simple accident that could have happened at any point, it's one of those things.
'Thank you to all the families at the party who helped us at the time and were there to support us. We had a lucky escape but I wanted to say the biggest thank you to the paramedics in the @nhsenglandldn ambulance team and the doctors at Royal London hospital.'
Over a second image of Presley in hospital, she penned: 'Scariest day of my life. Have thanked god every day that he's ok because it was truly horrendous seeing him in the state he was in here and just before'.
In an update, Jess revealed that 'five hours later' Presly was 'playing games' and she was 'gratful for his recovery'.
Presely was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart disease called Bicuspid Aortic Valve, where the heart is missing a leaflet in early 2024. The lifelong condition will require open-heart surgery at least twice in his life.
Jess revealed Presley was 'struggling to breathe' after falling three metres and landing face down on a hard wooden floor. He was rushed to hospital and was treated in the trauma unit
Luckily, Jess' little boy was discharged 'with no injuries' but she explained how she will be 'haunted' by the day
Earlier this year, Jess revealed her son is ‘defying all the odds’ after doctors delivered the ‘rare’ news that his heart condition has improved following two years of agonising check-ups.
The former TOWIE star broke down in tears as she shared the update on her son Presley's heart condition on her podcast.
Speaking alongside her mother, Carol Wright, 65, and sister, Natalya Wright, 25, Jess revealed that doctors have seen a rare improvement in his condition after he was diagnosed with the congenital condition bicuspid aortic valve.
‘The other day the doctor said that actually his has reduced which is really, really rare, it doesn’t happen often,’ she said in the episode, which will be released in full tomorrow.
‘He’s doing really, really well.’
Overcome with emotion, Jess admitted the strain of living between each check-up has been immense.
‘You hold it together for these checks and then you kind of hold it together after because you get good news,’ Jess said.
‘To be in that kind of agonising wait not knowing if it's going to be a good result or the worst news, every four months is just not easy.’
Stepping in, Carol said: ‘It went really well, and they got good news that it’s improved. He’s going to be ok he’s such a strong boy.’
Natalya said: ‘Couldn't have asked for better news really.’
Despite the positive update, Jess said the family remains acutely aware of the uncertainty ahead.
She said: ‘We just have to hope and pray that his heart sustains where it is at the moment because at the moment it’s ok. It’s just that we’re close to the level of where it will need operating on.’
She added: ‘Defying all the odds, he’s got that but he’s still completely active and really, really energetic.’
Carol added that her grandson shows no signs of slowing down, saying she could ‘see that kid running the marathon one day, the amount of running that he does.’
Jess first revealed Presley’s diagnosis in August 2024, telling her followers that the condition – which affects around one per cent of the population – means the heart valve has only two leaflets instead of the usual three.
At the time, the sister of Mark Wright admitted the news ‘physically hurts [her] soul’ and said her son would likely need open-heart surgery at least twice in his life.
She later revealed the diagnosis came after what was expected to be a routine appointment about what they thought was a chest infection shortly before his second birthday, when doctors detected a heart murmur and advised further tests.
Around a month later, those tests confirmed their worst fears.
Recalling the moment, she told The Mirror: ‘It was extremely tough and something that we’re still taking our time to get over and used to - I’m not sure we ever will.
‘I just remember sitting in between my mum and my husband and thinking, “I’m going to fall on the floor.” I couldn’t even kind of hold myself up.’
‘It’s a case of waiting until the point where we know that his heart valves need to be replaced,’ she added. ‘So, essentially, it can happen at any moment.
‘We’ve been told that we’ll be lucky if he gets to the age of 10 without needing it, which was the biggest blow for us, because some people can get to their 50s and not have one until then.’
Jess shares Presley with her husband, William Lee-Kemp, 43. The couple met in 2019, married in Majorca in 2021 and welcomed their son in 2022.
She previously said they had spent months coming to terms with the diagnosis before going public, hoping to raise awareness and connect with other families facing similar challenges ‘to know that we are not alone.'
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