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Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson’s car stolen with children’s essential hospital kit inside | UK News

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson’s car stolen with children’s essential hospital kit inside | UK News

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has said her car was stolen with her daughters’ vital hospital equipment inside. The singer’s baby twins, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, suffer from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) – a rare condition which causes progressive muscle wastage. On Sunday, she took to social media with a plea for help in tracking down her vehicle and offered a £10,000 reward for information. Nelson said the car, a black Land Rover Defender, with a JJ73SSY registration plate, was stolen from her driveway in Brentwood, Essex, in the early hours of the morning. You need javascript enabled to view this content Enable javascript to share Share January: Struggle to diagnose ‘life or death’ condition “Please, if any of you have seen or know of any information can you DM me or contact the police,” she said. “I have so much of my girls’ hospital equipment in that car that’s really needed.” Nelson has been campaigning to raise awareness of SMA since her twins’ diagnosis and recently shared her pride after the government …

What is SMA? The rare genetic condition that Jesy Nelson’s twin daughters have

What is SMA? The rare genetic condition that Jesy Nelson’s twin daughters have

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has revealed her twin daughters, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster, have been diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1, a rare genetic condition that may prevent them from ever walking. The 34-year-old singer, who welcomed the twins prematurely last May with Zion Foster, shared the diagnosis in an emotional Instagram video last year. She detailed the “gruelling three/four months” leading to the discovery, after an “endless” series of appointments confirmed her daughters had “a severe muscle disease called SMA Type 1.” Nelson has since begun campaigning for SMA1 screenings from birth, and started a petition to add the condition to the newborn blood spot screening test, also known as the heel prick test. In an emotional conversation with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on ITV’s This Morning, Nelson said: “It’s just madness to me …

Jesy Nelson’s documentary is shockingly candid, that’s why it works

Jesy Nelson’s documentary is shockingly candid, that’s why it works

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This When Jesy Nelson invited documentary makers into her home, she had no idea that just two days in, she’d be rushed to hospital for an emergency operation. Four months pregnant, she needed surgery to treat twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, a life-threatening condition in which twins share a placenta but have unbalanced blood flow. The former Little Mix singer remained in hospital for the next three months until her babies were born prematurely; they’ve since been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1, a disease that causes muscle wastage. Doctors told Nelson it was unlikely her twins will ever be able to walk. In the first episode of Amazon Prime’s six-part series, Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, we witness startlingly candid scenes involving the 34-year-old pop star as she navigates a series of devastating revelations about her pregnancy. At the same time, she is …