New Mom Lala Kent Breaks Down

 

 

On her Give Them Lala podcast, Lala (Lauren) Kent recently broke down as she recounted the scary moment she had to rush her baby daughter to the emergency room because she couldn’t breathe. The Vanderpump Rules star explained that after putting her daughter, Ocean, to bed at around 7 p.m. last week, she heard her cry in a way that she knew something was wrong.

 

“So I go in, and she is gasping for air like she cannot breathe,” Kent said of the 1-year-old. However, she felt it was a good sign that Ocean was screaming, because she then knew she could at least get some air in her lungs. “I was keeping an eye on her for what seemed like an hour which was really five minutes before I decided we’re going to the emergency room ... like something’s off”, she added.

 

“I was watching her, I tried to lay down, I was steaming the shower, and while it was steaming, I put her on my chest, laid in the bed and just the way she was sounding, you could tell she was having trouble breathing. Now I’m not fucking around”.   Along with her mom who was in visiting, they rushed Ocean to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

 

Even though the emergency room was filled to the brim, they saw Ocean immediately.  Ocean was diagnosed with croup, which is an infection of the upper airway which obstructs breathing.  Kent noted that her daughter was prescribed a steroid to release the airway which immediately helped her. 

 

“When they’re infants, it is very very scary, but luckily Ocean’s lungs are developed, so it is something that if you catch it quickly is very treatable.” The Vanderpump Rules star, 32, then began to got emotional reliving the horror of that night.  “Even talking about it now,” Lala continued while her voice started to crack. “Like I asked the nurse, ‘Is my baby going to wake up tomorrow? Because I’m freaking out".  Lala admitted that she was in hysterics the whole time because she’s a new mom and had no idea what was going on.  But the nurse reassured Lala that Ocean was going to be fine, and then the doctor told her that he had just treated two other babies that evening for the samet thing.

 

They administered a steroid to Ocean which helped her breathing immediately, and they returned home later that night.  Lala reports that Ocean has been healthy since then. Kent added that because they had to stay home the rest of the weekend, and really bummed that she had to miss Lisa Vanderpump’s grandson’s 1st birthday party on Sunday.