“Real Housewives of Orange County” alum Gina Keough is suffering from a frightening health crisis as she continues to battle tongue cancer.
The reality star’s daughter Cara revealed that Gina’s chemotherapy and radiation treatments were paused after doctors discovered a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) blood clot and infection in Gina’s leg.
“Gina was scheduled to have a G-tube put in this morning to feed her. She hasn’t eaten in two weeks and is extremely weak. We found out she had a DVT blood clot in her leg and now she also has an infection,” she wrote via Instagram on Tuesday.
“We can’t put a feeding tube directly into her stomach until the infection is obvious. This is understandable since chemotherapy and radiation treatments have been temporarily stopped, but you better believe that Gina is just having a ‘fake fever’ and insists it’s okay to proceed with surgery.”
Her daughter asked her followers to pray for Gina’s infection to heal “quickly,” for Bravolebrity to undergo G-tube surgery “soon” so it “doesn’t kill anyone,” and for chemotherapy and radiation treatments to be resumed soon.
Cara continued to be similarly upbeat when she gave another update on her mother’s health earlier this week.
“I think she gets cancer just like everything else in her life to bend her will,” Cara, who also lives in Florida, told Us Weekly in an interview Monday. “We are choosing to hold on to that idea.”
Her brother echoed her optimistic tone, adding that their mother had been “strong” throughout the ordeal.
“She has a great support network,” he continued, referring to the Southern California community.
“But you know, it’s hard on everyone. We’re just trying to keep her in the program so she’ll be strong when this is over.”
The family announced Gina’s diagnosis in a GoFundMe announcement over the weekend, asking for donations to support the Bravo alum as she undergoes treatment.
“A few months ago, while[my brother]Shane and I were visiting in Florida, my mom told me she had a sore spot on her tongue,” Carla explained in a message on the page.
“She even went to the dentist multiple times to have her teeth removed because she thought they were scraping,” Carla continued, noting that Gina went in for a spot check and a biopsy confirmed she had “squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue.”
At that time, it was revealed that Keogh had already undergone surgery to remove cancer and “remove lymph nodes.” But doctors discovered after her second surgery that the cancer had spread.
