Katie Price has shared concerns over her disabled son Harvey’s weight and said it was “life-threatening”, but she’s given an update on him taking weight loss jabs
Katie Price says son Harvey weighs 30st in an update on his weight loss jabs.
The 47-year-old reality star has opened up about the concerns she has for Harvey, who requires round-the-clock care due to his complex health conditions. Katie’s eldest lives with Prader-Willi syndrome, autism, and septo-optic dysplasia, which causes blindness.
Prader-Willi Syndrome is a rare genetic condition which can cause a constant feeling of hunger and therefore rapid weight gain. Katie has said Harvey’s weight is “life-threatening”.
But she’s now discussed starting Harvey on the weight loss jab, Mounjaro, once he settles into his new college. She told sister Sophie she “can’t wait to see what he’s gonna look like” after the weight loss injections.
Speaking on her Katie Price Show podcast, Katie said: “So they (the college) want him to settle there for two weeks at least, so they get to know him, because they said once they sort of get to know him, you know, when he kicks off all of that.
“So they could keep an eye that when he starts the Mounjaro, they would notice if there’s a difference in behaviour, this/that, but because he’s near me, I’ll be more involved this time, because it’s so far here, I’ll be seeing him all the time.
She continued: “I’m having visions (about Harvey), right, that when he starts it, because I’m joining him at the gym, I’m going to get him a boxing trainer, not to be a boxer, but it’s good exercise, and I think he’ll love it.
“I’m just so fascinated to know what he’s gonna look like.” Sophie asked: “So technically, we’re talking what, three weeks until he starts his journey?”
Katie replied: “Well, we’ve got eight (weeks), and then he can start, but I’m trying to make it quicker, because I want him to start it, and I read all these stories on people. Revealing his current weight, she said: “Remember he’s like 30 stone, Sophie, and you hear how these people are in 10 months have lost like six stone, yeah?
“I just can’t imagine what he’s gonna look like, because I think in his eyes and that he looks like Junior now, like even the clothes I buy him are different. I can then go on High Street and dress him more trendy, and he’ll have more energy. I can’t wait to see what he’s gonna look like, because we’re just used to Big Bear Harvey.”
Katie previously said of Harvey’s weight gain: “I’m so heartbroken and gutted that his weight is just going up. I just googled it in stones, 188kg is just a few kg of being 30 stone. It’s so life-threatening now, I’m still waiting for the doctors to get back to me starting on the mounjaro and his journey to a healthy life.”
The TV star added: “It’s so sad his quality of life at the moment where he’s so big, he just can’t really do much. It’s just another thing I have to deal with because he’s at high risk of having a heart attack, he struggles to put his trainers or struggles to walk anywhere but I love him and I’m going to help him through this.
“So sad, obesity and his condition is sad. It’s sad to see someone go through it and he doesn’t understand.”
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