Davina McCall has made an “enormous leap forward” after getting surgery to remove a brain tumour.
The ITV presenter recently revealed she had been diagnosed with a “very rare” brain tumor called a colloid cyst. She told followers the benign tumour was around 14mm and she was getting surgery in hospital to remove it.
The Masked Singer judge said the tumour “needed to come out” because if it grew, it would be “bad”. Davina, 57, had asked fans to “pray” for her while discussing her upcoming op in a video posted last week.
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Her boyfriend Michael Douglas, who has taken over her social media accounts while she recovers from the surgery, has revealed Davina is doing well after her surgery and has left the ICU.
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In an update on Instagram, he wrote: “Update folks. Thanks so much to all the well wishers. She really has made an enormous leap forward in the last 24 hours. She is out of ICU She is ‘loving awareness’. Thank you xx Michael.”
Davina’s famous friends and fans rushed to the comments to celebrate the good news. Ashley Roberts wrote: “what we like to hear x [heart emojis].”
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Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes commented: “Awesome news Michael [heart emoji]”. EastEnders star Patsy Palmer said: “Sending healing [heart emojis] [plaster emoji]”.
Over the weekend, Michael revealed Davina had finished her surgery and the surgeon had described the procedure as “textbook”. He wrote: “Hey all. Davina is out of surgery and according to the surgeon it was textbook! She’s currently recovering in ICU as a precaution, as you can imagine she’s utterly exhausted. Thank you so much for all the love from everyone on here.. it’s powerful stuff, we are super grateful Michael xx”.
In her previous video, Davina had explained she was getting a procedure called a craniotomy to remove the tumour. She said she would be in hospital for “around nine days” after the procedure and was “in good spirits” ahead of it.
She explained the tumour was discovered a few months ago, when she had a health scan. Discussing the decision to get the op, she said: “I saw quite a few neurosurgeons, I got lots of opinions and I realised that I have to get it taken out. It’s big for the space. It fills the space. It’s 14mm wide and it needs to come out, because if it grows, it would be bad. So I’m having it removed via a craniotomy.”
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