NeNe Leakes Says 23-Year-Old Brentt Leakes Is Out of Hospital After Suffering a Stroke and Heart Attack: It Was ‘Scary’
10.10.2022 - 22:41
/ usmagazine.com
On the mend. NeNe Leakes’ youngest son, Brentt Leakes, was sent to the hospital in early October following two medical emergencies.
The 23-year-old suffered both a heart attack and a stroke earlier this month, NeNe confirmed via social media on Monday, October 10. “Two weeks ago today, Brentt had congestive heart failure and a stroke,” the 54-year-old reality star said in an Instagram Story video. “He’s only 23. He’s really young for something like that to happen to him.”
She explained that Brentt “doesn’t drink or do drugs” so that wasn’t a factor in the health scare. According to NeNe, the doctors wondered whether Brentt had COVID, but her son didn’t recall ever having the illness. Brentt has since been released from the hospital and is working toward recovering.
“They have run a number of tests on him. We are still trying to figure out [the cause]. It was very scary,” she continued. “I don’t even want to go into details of what happened. Obviously, a stroke is a very serious thing.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum noted that her son is “struggling with speaking” after the stroke and asked that her fans “keep us in your prayers.” She revealed that as of Monday, Brentt is “in good spirits,” but noted that the family is still “shocked” over the incident.
Brentt’s health scare came one year after his father, Gregg Leakes, died at age 66. NeNe’s publicist confirmed on September 1, 2021, that Gregg passed away after batting Stage III colon cancer.
“Today the Leakes family is in deep pain with a broken heart,” the Bravo alum’s publicist said in a statement to Us at the time. “Gregg Leakes has passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by all of his children, very close loved ones and wife Nene Leakes.”
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