Reality TV star Katie Price has shared a rare picture with her mother just weeks after sharing heart-wrenching update Amy, who is battling idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Katie, 46, shared the struggles her family has been facing as Amy’s health continues to decline.
Amy, who was diagnosed with IPF in 2017, had a lung transplant in November 2022 in hopes of improving her condition. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, mum-of-five Katie shared a rare photo with her beloved mum. The sweet snap saw Katie cuddle up next to her mother as the pair flash huge smiles for the camera.Despite her mum’s ongoing health woes, Amy looked in high spirits as she enjoyed some quality with her famous daughter. On Mother’s Day on Sunday, Katie paid tribute to her terminally ill mum Amy, who was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in 2017 and underwent a lung transplant in November 2022.
She wrote: “Happy Mother’s Day to my mum who is my absolute world, a true example of a strong women. I love her soooo much.”
Katie and her beloved mum Amy beamed in the sweet snap(Image: BACKGRID)
Last year, she spoke about how her health was fluctuating, with good days and bad days, and her condition was unpredictable. Katie spoke about her mother’s ongoing challenges on a recent episode of The Katie Price Show, which she hosts alongside her sister Sophie.
The reality TV star said to her mum, who was also part of the podcast: “I do feel you for you mum, because people have to understand what my mum’s gone through, like her brain is just so active and still switched on. She can’t do the things that she used to do, which is frustrating for her.”
The former glamour model continued: “Now here’s an example, because I am a patient person but when my mother teases me and says let’s go look at the shops in Isle of Wight, shall I take my walker or wheelchair and I’m like ‘no we’re taking your wheelchair because I’m not taking an hour’.”
Katie and her sister Sophie are very close to their mum(Image: Katie Price/Instagram)
Amy, vouching for herself, replied: “It’s not doing me any good because I’m meant to walk to help myself.” Katie also mentioned that Amy might attend the Isle of Wight Festival this year. Amy said: “I hopefully should be walking.”
Earlier this year, Katie revealed that while she’d never been a smoker she quickly got drawn in by vapes, and started suspecting something could be wrong with her own lungs. On Snapchat, 46-year-old Katie shared that she was heading up to London for the day, and soon revealed that she was getting her lungs scanned.
The star admitted that she was “nervous” to undergo the tests, but said that it had to be done. She then posted plenty of photos and videos from the medical practice, showing herself going through various exams.
She later said: “So I thought I’d give an update about yesterday when I went and had my lungs checked. Obviously I had them checked because my mum had a lung transplant, and to see if it’s genetic and to see if vaping has affected my lungs or anything like that.
“But my lungs are absolutely perfect, nothing wrong with them, and he gave me advice how to get off the vapes. So I’m starting to wean myself off the vapes. But yeah it’s all good news, they’re all working well and they’re really good lungs, especially for my age. So all good! I’m all healthy.”
