Singer Myles Stephenson was seen holding back the tears over his son during his television appearance on Steph’s Packed Lunch last summer.
The 32-year-old detailed the moment when he realised his three-year-old son, Shiloh, had experienced a stroke. Myles revealed his son has hemiplegic cerebral palsy and told how he and his partner, Keli, discovered his condition.
Myles Stephenson on son Shiloh’s illness
After the birth of his son and during the pregnancy, Myles and his partner didn’t notice anything to be cautious of. However, six months after he was born, both of their nurse parents warned them about their son clenching his fists.
As first-time parents, they didn’t think much of it. However, after a visit to the GP and then getting referred, they received their diagnosis.
“We got told he’d had a stroke and that there is brain damage on the left side of his brain and you get shown the pictures, it hit home because you can see the damage,” he said.
Since finding out, Myles revealed he has “been dealing with demons”.
Myles told his baby had brain damage
Myles first rose to fame in 2017 after winning The X Factor as one-fourth of the boyband Rak-Su. The I Want You to Freak hitmaker also has a degree in sport science and physiotherapy and has been putting it to use to help treat his son after his muscles were tight and his forearm wasn’t rotating properly.
Myles said it’s the “little things” like picking an object up that are initially difficult for his son.
He gave a shout-out to the NHS who he said have been “unbelievable” since Shiloh’s diagnosis.
“We’ve had a very strong support from our family,” Myles added.
How Shiloh is now
Myles – who is on The Chase Celebrity Special this weekend (August 17) – recently delivered another sad update on how little Shiloh is doing.
He said that doctors have been trying different treatment options to help him, but so far nothing has really helped.
“Shiloh started with the ankle-high splint, which didn’t do its job. We then upgraded to the knee-high splint hoping that his heel would be able to plant with the knee-high splint, but that has also failed,” he said.
“The next phase is botox injections to relax the muscles in his leg, in the hope that it does do its job. The range of movement is lessening, so where we was at last phase, there is less range and less movement in his legs, which is a tough one to take, man.”
Watch Myles on The Chase Celebrity Special Saturday August 17 at 4pm on ITV1.
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