X Factor star Sam Bailey has revealed her son Tommy was rushed to hospital after suffering a 'massive seizure'.
The singer, 49, who appeared on the ITV show in 2013, had previously shared that her son was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2024, and told her followers he was blue-lighted to A&E following the health scare.
In a video she shared on Instagram, Sam revealed she'd been left waiting for 'seven hours' before Tommy was seen by a doctor, and said the hospital was 'really busy for a Monday night'.
Saying there was 'lots of screaming and people being restrained,' she stressed that the staff were 'doing their best' to manage the high number of patients.
Sam told her followers: 'So I'm in hospital with my son. He's had a seizure so we're in children's A&E. We've been here for almost seven hours.
'It's now 20 to three in the morning. We came in by ambulance at like 7:30/8:00 pm last night.
X Factor star Sam Bailey has revealed her son Tommy was rushed to hospital after suffering a 'massive seizure'
'Tom is asleep. He may have concussion hence why we're staying in. We still don't know why he's having seizures.
'Even though he's on medication for epilepsy, they should stop the seizure. He's had two in five weeks. We're not sure what's going on.
'There is lots of screaming, lots of drama. I feel like I'm on the set of Holby City. I'm not joking. Drama in here. Security. Restraining someone. Screaming babies. Effing and blinding on the ward.
'Nurses and doctors running around and we're just tucked away in a room that is kind of sound proof. They are doing their best.
'We have been here almost seven hours now. Still not seen a doctor. It's really busy for a Monday night.
'Very busy. But yeah, that's my situation. I look like a bag of nails, but yeah, this is what I am having to deal with right now. My poorly son had a massive seizure, but he is doing okay.'
In a later update, Sam added: 'Can we sit here and appreciate how bloody hard the doctors and nurses work, I know I've been sat here nearly eight hours now, but I have to say, these guys up here work so hard.
'There is poorly children to the brim here tonight, lots and lots of poorly children. Obviously my son is one of them, there are lots of babies here.
The singer previously shared that her son was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2024, but told her followers he was blue-lighted to A&E
'The way the nurses are being with them, the way the doctors are being with them, but they are working so hard here.'
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Sam then revealed that Tommy had been discharged from hospital.
She said: 'He's fine, he's been given the all clear, CT scan come back OK, bloods come back OK.
'We have to see a neurologist at some point, there needs to be answers as to why he's had a couple of seizures when on his meds.
'Maybe he needs to look at his meds and change them or up them, I don't know.'
Sam had shared in 2024 that Tommy was diagnosed with autism and epilepsy, after undergoing a number of NHS tests.
She thanked the staff at Leicester Hospital for being 'amazing' with her child as she revealed he has also 'officially been diagnosed with epilepsy'.
Sharing an update on social media, Sam wrote: 'I'd like to thank Leicester Hospitals for being so amazing the last few days with my son.
WHAT IS EPILEPSY?
Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and leaves patients at risk of seizures.
Around one in 100 people in the UK have epilepsy, Epilepsy Action statistics reveal.
And in the US, 1.2 per cent of the population have the condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Anyone can have a seizure, which does not automatically mean they have epilepsy.
Usually more than one episode is required before a diagnosis.
Seizures occur when there is a sudden burst of electrical activity in the brain, which causes a disruption to the way it works.
Some seizures cause people to remain alert and aware of their surroundings, while others make people lose consciousness.
Some also make patients experience unusual sensations, feelings or movement, or go stiff and fall to the floor where they jerk.
Epilepsy can be brought on at any age by a stroke, brain infection, head injury or problems at birth that lead to lack of oxygen.
But in more than half of cases, a cause is never found.
Anti-epileptic drugs do not cure the condition but help to stop or reduce seizures.
If these do not work, brain surgery can be effective.
Source: Epilepsy Action
'He has been officially diagnosed with epilepsy. I want to thank Young Epilepsy for all this support. It's been a very challenging time. But I want to thank you for all your support.'
Sam shares Tommy with husband Craig Pearson, who she has been married to since 2003. The couple are also parents to daughters Brooke and Miley.
Sam had previously spoken of the struggles she had in getting support for Tommy.
Speaking on GB News, Sam said doctors told her they were unable to help her teenage boy.
Things became so bad that Tommy even became suicidal because he wasn't getting the help he needed.
Sam – who won The X Factor back in 2013 – told GB News: 'I knew the transition from primary school to secondary school was going to be difficult for him.
'And I think as parents we were kind of in denial that there was anything untoward that was different or anything and we were told that he would really struggle and to get a diagnosis.
'I actually went private to get his diagnosis and by doing that it was a quicker process, but after that diagnosis was the hard part because you have to kind of prove that he can't be in a mainstream school.
'He would bang his head against the wall. He really, really struggled at school.
'He didn't go for a year and a half. He really really struggled and didn't have an education. He just festered at home and put on weight. He was threatening to take his life. So it was a really, really tough time and I went to the doctors on my own and said to the doctors, I'm really concerned about my son.
'I said I'm really concerned about my son, because of how he's been. I was like, you know, he's saying some stuff and they said that we can't deal with this.
'There needs to be autism outreach and they turned me away. I've got a letter to say that the GP turned my son away because he was feeling low and told us to go to the National Autistic Society. I was absolutely baffled by it.'