April 13th 2024.
Katie Price recently shared a heartbreaking experience from her past - the moment she found out her son Harvey was blind. At the young age of 24, Katie became a mother for the first time when she welcomed baby Harvey into the world. However, just weeks after his birth, she received the devastating news that he was blind.
It was a difficult time for Katie, who had already endured a traumatic birth experience with Harvey being two and a half weeks overdue. She recalls screaming in pain during labor. A few weeks later, she took her newborn to the GP for a check-up, where a health visitor noticed that he had trouble following lights with his eyes. After further medical tests, Harvey was diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia, autism, and Prader-Willi syndrome - a rare genetic disorder affecting 2,000 people in the UK.
It was during this visit that the doctor, with Katie's mother Amy by her side, revealed that Harvey was blind. Katie remembers the moment vividly, sharing, "I remember sitting there with my mum and he [the doctor] was getting all his stuff out, looking in his eyes. And then suddenly he just went, as blatant as this, 'yeah he's blind, yeah he's blind.'" The news was shocking and left both Katie and her mother in disbelief.
Katie, who is now 45 and dating Married at First Sight's JJ Slater, became pregnant after a brief romance with footballer Dwight Yorke. However, their relationship ended before Harvey was born, and Dwight demanded a paternity test. He has not been involved in Harvey's life since then, despite Katie's statements that he is always welcome to be a part of it.
In a recent podcast with James English, Katie opened up about the moment she found out about Harvey's blindness. She recalls leaving the doctor's office with her mother, feeling completely lost and in limbo. "We walked out the room, like that it he's blind, now what? We've just been left in limbo," she shared. On the way home, her mother was understandably upset, and Katie couldn't believe that her son was really blind.
Despite the shock, Katie's love for her son only grew stronger. She felt a strong desire to protect him and became very possessive of him. "I wouldn't let anyone hold him," she shared. "I was just like, no, he is mine." Despite the difficult circumstances, Katie has been vocal about her love and support for her son.
Dwight has reportedly only seen Harvey around nine times in the past 20 years and ignores any updates or achievements that Katie sends him. When asked about why she continues to reach out to him, Katie admits she doesn't know. "I'm just like that," she says. "Really I should say f*** off you a*******, you don't deserve him, you've not been part of it. But I just think if he saw Harvey and how amazing he is, for him to be like, 'f***** hell, I haven't seen my biological son.'"
Katie also shared that part of her continues to reach out to Dwight in an attempt to prove him wrong. She recalls him saying, "'he'll never play golf, he'll never play football because of you.' And I was like, it's not my fault." For Katie, being a dad means being there for your child and being involved in their life, something that Dwight has not done for Harvey.
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