Jesy Nelson breathed a sigh of relief after her twin daughters successfully underwent a hospital procedure to have their nasogastric tubes removed.
The former Little Mix singer, 35, shared an update with her Instagram followers on Friday, August 7, writing via her Stories, “I got their face back feels like a dream.”
Another image showed her 14-month-old girls, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, bundled up while sleeping in beds next to each other.
Nelson followed up with another pic of a hair clip that read, “Good things are coming.”
The musician previously told fans that it was her babies’ last day with their tubes, which pass through the nose and down to the stomach to support feeding.
“As terrified as I am about them having there [sic] operation tomorrow I cannot wait to finally see their faces again and see their little dimples that are always hidden under these plasters,” she wrote on Thursday, August 6. “I’ve honestly forgotten what it feels like to cuddle them and not worry about pulling their tube out of there [sic] nose or plasters of [sic] their face. It really is the littlest things we take for granted as parents.”
Earlier this year, Nelson’s children, whom she shares with ex-fiancé Zion Foster, were diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1. The rare genetic condition can weaken the muscles and cause issues with swallowing and feeding. Symptoms arise within the first six months of life and include limited head control and decreased muscle tone, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Nelson’s girls were born prematurely at 31 weeks old, requiring a long stay in a neonatal intensive care unit.
She has spoken out about the emotional toll of her daughters’ diagnosis, revealing in July that she fought back tears upon seeing Story and Ocean in their spinal jackets.
“Imagine having to wear a spinal jacket and splints in this heat,” Nelson wrote at the time, adding, “I cannot even tell you how much this breaks my heart into a million pieces. But if I don’t put them in these every day, their spines and feet will only deteriorate and get worse.”
Nelson and Foster, 26, called it quits shortly after they learned of their daughters’ health struggles. “We have been through such a traumatic experience and for us, our girls are our main priority and our main focus,” Nelson told the Daily Mail in February.
She continued, “We want to give them the most positive, happy and uplifting time and energy and because we have both been through such a traumatic experience, the energy wasn’t right between us, which is understandable.”
As for their post-split dynamic, Nelson said, “We are still friends and we are still united in coparenting our daughters, they are our main focus, that’s all we can do, be the best possible parents we can right now.”
