As the popstar prepares to wind down her sell-out Girls Aloud reunion tour and return to normal life, she is also preparing for a special event in her personal life next month.
10.06.2024 - 16:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A dad has described the terrifying night his teenage daughter ‘turned blue’ and almost died after her lung collapsed and claims it was all down to vaping.
During the early hours of Saturday, May 11 Mark Blight received a phone call and was told his daughter Kyla, 17, had collapsed and turned 'blue' while sleeping over at a friend's house
Mark rushed her to hospital where she underwent a five and a half hour surgery to remove part of her lung after coming close to suffering a cardiac arrest.
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A small air blister known as a pulmonary bleb had developed on the top of Kyla's lungs and it is thought her excessive vaping caused this to burst and led to her lung collapsing.
Kyla spent a further two weeks in hospital before she could return home.
The student, who began vaping at just 15, believed the habit to be 'harmless' and would get through an entire 4,000 puff vape a week, which is the equivalent to 400 cigarettes.
However Kyla now vows the ordeal has 'scared' her away from touching disposable vapes from now on.
Full-time carer Mark took to Facebook to spread awareness of his daughter's 'life-threatening' experience, urging young people to 'throw away vapes' because 'it's not worth it'.
Dad-of-nine Mark, who lives in Egremont, Cumbria, said: "I've been to hell and back with Kyla over the last couple of weeks. I just put it down to vaping, they can't put it down to anything else but vaping that's caused this.
"She was at a friend's house and I got a phone call at 4am that she had collapsed and gone blue. I went round for her. We took her down to the hospital.
"Her lung collapsed this time due to the hole. They put a
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