Health & Fitness Katie Price gives update on Harvey's condition: He's a fighter

Katie Price says son Harvey is a fighter as he remains in intensive care. (Getty Images)

Katie Price has said son Harvey is a “fighter”, as she revealed she cannot be his bedside due to coronavirus restrictions.

The reality star’s 18-year-old son - who has a number of underlying health conditions - was admitted to Epsom Hospital on Sunday night with a high temperature and struggling to breathe and has been tested for COVID-19.

Price told her 2.2m Instagram followers: “Hey Thank you for all your messages , I can confirm Harvey still in intensive care , he is more comfortable, it’s hard as due to limited visiting hours and covid I can’t be by his bed side , but he is being brave and strong , and able to face time him , I’ve let him know he has so much love and support and thank you.”

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Katie updated fans on Harvey ' s condition in an Instagram post last night. Thankfully he tested negatively for coronavirus, but the mother-of-five told fans that he had to stay in intensive Katie Price reveals Harvey has ‘improved’ and is out of intensive care as she kisses ‘strong, brave’ son in hospital.

Harvey spent more than a week in hospital - with some days even being holed up in intensive care - after he was left struggling to breathe and at risk of organ failure. " Harvey is not on holiday with us because of Covid as if he gets Covid he will not be very well."

She added: “Hey everyone thank you again for your messages means a lot to me . I’ve left the hospital for the evening and can confirm Harvey is still in intensive care & medical condition remains complex . I love him so much, he is so brave and fighter.”

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Price, 42, had previously written, “despite claims, he has not got Covid like reported”, but this line has since been deleted.

Yahoo UK has contacted her representative for comment.

Harvey, who has genetic condition Prader-Willi Syndrome which causes obesity, is partially blind and has autism, has been tested for COVID-19.

Price’s representative said previously: "He's had the test because it's routine and not because they're worried that's what has caused him to go back into hospital and Katie remains calm.”

Katie Price's son Harvey says he 'feels better' as he shares update in his own words after hospital stay

Katie Price has been keeping her followers updated after Harvey, 18, was taken into intensive care after becoming "seriously ill" but is now on the road to recovery.Posting a video on her Instagram, Harvey laid across his mum's lap as she asked him questions about how he was feeling after he was rushed to hospital after becoming "seriously ill".

Katie Price has revealed that her son Harvey is out of intensive care and his condition has 'improved'. The former glamour model, 42, took to Instagram on Friday to give an update on her boy, 18, adding that the teenager is using 'only one drip'. Alongside sweet snaps of the pair of them on Harvey ' s

PICTURED: 'Delighted' Katie Price links arms with her son Harvey , 18, as she takes him home after he ' s discharged from hospital following gruelling Katie ' s update on Harvey comes after she told a bankruptcy hearing she has 'lost everything' as she spoke about being burgled and attending the Priory.

Harvey - whose estranged father is the former footballer Dwight Yorke - was previously admitted to hospital at the end of June after he complained of chest pains that felt “like needles”.

Price is also mother to son Junior, 14, and daughter Princess, 13, with first husband Andre, as well as six-year-old Jett and five-year-old Bunny with third husband Kieran Hayler.

© Provided by Yahoo! Entertainment UK WALSALL, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Katie Price and Son, Harvey attend Sellebrity Soccer Match in aid of Smile For Joel and Compton Hospice at Banks' Stadium on May 13, 2017 in Walsall, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images)

Hayler commented on Instagram: “Strongest boy I know.”

Price’s ex-fiance Kris Boyson, who she dated for a year before their split last November, has also shard a message of support on his Instagram Stories.

He wrote: "No matter what happens in the past, I wish my little mate a speedy recovery".

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Katie has confirmed she' s sending her son Harvey to residential care, in a preview for the series finale of My Crazy Life. The mother-of-five candidly admitted she 'has no option' but to send Harvey , 16, to the care centre, as she admitted it' s 'selfish' of her to keep him at home.

He added: "HP" alongside a black heart emoji.

Price’s first husband Peter Andre has said he is “praying” for Harvey.

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Sister Princess, 13, posted a tribute to Harvey on her own Instagram page saying: “I love you Harv soo much! Your going to be fine! Think about the positives not the negatives.”

© Provided by Yahoo! Entertainment UK Katie Price with her son Harvey leaves Portcullis House in London after giving evidence to the Commons Petitions Committee where she called for online abuse to be made a specific offence.

And Junior commented “Love you Harv.”

Price recently revealed she has found love again with former Love Island star Carl Woods, who she has been dating for around a month.

Woods, 31, is a car salesman who also works as a Channing Tatum lookalike. He appeared on ITV reality series Love Island in 2016.

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