Loose Women star is rushed to hospital and diagnosed with severe pneumonia and sepsis after collapsing at home

Andrea McClean was rushed to hospital after being found collapsed at home by her husband. 

The former Loose Women presenter, 55, who quit the show in 2020, took to Instagram to share that she suffered a terrifying health ordeal at the end of last year.   

'I didn't see THAT coming...,' she wrote as she attached a stock picture of an unwell dog. 'How I discovered riding in an ambulance isn't as much fun as you'd think.'

Andrea explained that in December she came down with the flu, but things got progressively worse. 

'I collapsed in the bathroom, and like the adverts you see on telly with the elderly, I lay there for an hour before my husband found me,' she said. 

'We rang the GP who told us to call 999 immediately. The ambulance team were amazing. My blood pressure was so low I couldn’t stand, and I was in a lot of pain.'

She added: 'Then my X-ray and CT scans came back. I had severe pneumonia, Acute Kidney Injury and sepsis. 

'Things happened quickly; drips, super-strong antibiotics via IV and orally, and I was transferred to the Emergency Assessment Ward.  

Andrea spent the next four days in hospital before she was allowed home to sleep - however she had to return every day for the next week to receive antibiotic drips. 

Five weeks on from the ordeal, Andrea said her life is still not 'back to normal' as she expected it would be.

She also thanked her husband Nick Feeney who she said's 'life stopped' during that time too as he drove her to the hospital everyday, waited for her at clinics four hours at a time and cooked everyone dinner, before putting her to bed.

But she is not feeling better just yet, as she added: 'It's now February, and I’m still not well enough to handle normal stuff like getting up and rushing out the door to do the jobs I’d been booked to do, because every part of that process would end with me falling down, or at the very least sitting on a tube station floor feeling very unwell and embarrassed at the stares. 

'I’m still having ‘funny turns’ while out for a walk, or attempting the mildest of exercise.'

It comes after Andrea was left 'bedridden' in 2023 after 'three months of absolute exhaustion' as she detailed her health woes.

She admitted it was 'one step forward and three steps back' for her health and was 'awaiting blood tests.'

In a lengthy post shared to her Instagram, she explained that she had gone to support ex co-star Brenda Edwards at an event on the one year anniversary of the death of her son Jamal and fell ill shortly after. 

Andrea uploaded a photo of herself from the event and penned: 'Things I did to fill my cup this week, that weren’t to do with work… 

'1. I went out with @nickfeeneycoach to support my lovely friend @brendaedwardsglobal on the one year anniversary of the passing of her son Jamal. It was a beautiful, poignant evening.'

She continued: 'Unfortunately, I ended up poorly in bed for three days afterwards. I had pushed myself at the gym that day, which was too much for my tired body. 

'So, another episode of one step forward, three steps back. I am now awaiting blood tests to see why I have been poorly for so long now - it’s over three months of absolute exhaustion. The thinking is that it is Covid / autoimmune related. It’s a nuisance!

'2. I was luckily well enough to get dressed up and take my mum out on Friday for a pamper day as a belated Christmas present. So nails done and to our local Ivy for a late lunch. It was really lovely.

'3. We went round to mum and dads for another late lunch yesterday, with them and joint friends. 

'It was lots of fun - and crossed three decades, we are in our 50s, our friends are in their 60s, mum and dad are in their 70s! How did that happen?

'4. We took for a walk, our usual Sunday thing. Here’s to a happy, healthy week ahead. What did you do to fill your cup this week?'