Australian model Emily Sears is recovering ‘really well’ after undergoing life-saving brain surgery last week.
On Thursday, the 35-year-old thanked fans for their ‘kind and supportive messages’ following the operation, which took place at UCLA Neurosurgery in Los Angeles.
In a video shared to Instagram, Emily said: ‘I’m doing really well, just had my post-op, everything looks good.’
Recovering: Australian model Emily Sears is recovering ‘really well’ after undergoing life-saving brain surgery last week. In a video shared to Instagram on Thursday, she said: ‘I’m doing really well, just had my post-op, everything looks good’
She added: ‘I’m still very bruised on my hand, that’s from the IV, and also being pinned down during the procedure.’
Emily also revealed the surgery scar on her scalp, which began at her hairline and continued down to the back of her ear.
‘That’s going to heal fine as soon as my hair covers it, you really won’t be able to notice it at all,’ she added.
‘So yeah, feeling good and just ready to put it all behind me.’
Scar: Emily also revealed the surgery scar on her scalp, which began at her hairline and continued down to the back of her ear
Healing: ‘That’s going to heal fine as soon as my hair covers it, you really won’t be able to notice it at all,’ Emily said
Emily’s update comes after she revealed on Monday that she’d undergone brain surgery to remove a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels’ that had caused her to suffer epileptic seizures.
She shared a photo to Instagram of herself fast asleep in bed with bandages wrapped around her head following her operation, which took place last Thursday.
In the caption, the LA-based model revealed to her 4.9 million followers that she had suffered a major seizure in April 2019 and was rushed to hospital.
Post-op: On Monday, Emily revealed that she’d undergone brain surgery to remove a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels’ that had caused her to suffer epileptic seizures. Pictured here post-op
After several days of tests, she was diagnosed with a cavernous malformation, or cavernoma, which she explained was a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels in the brain that cause epileptic seizures’.
‘My whole life was put on hold from that point on – from my work life to my social life, my relationship with my body and my identity,’ she wrote.
Emily opted to undergo craniotomy surgery because she did not want to live on ‘medication for the rest of my life’.
By choosing to have the surgery, she risked losing her ability to speak.
Health problems: She explained to her followers that she had suffered a major seizure in April 2019 and was rushed to hospital. After days of tests, she was diagnosed with cavernoma, which is a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels in the brain that cause epileptic seizures’
‘It was surreal’: Emily opted to undergo craniotomy surgery because she did not want to live on ‘medication for the rest of my life’, but in doing so risked losing her ability to speak. She was also awake and speaking to doctors during the operation because she needed to alert them if they removed any vital tissue along with the blood vessels
She was actually awake and speaking to doctors during the operation because she needed to alert them if they removed any vital tissue along with the blood vessels.
She explained: ‘I remember every moment of being awake, there were two surgeons and one waved at me… it was as strange and surreal as it sounds!’
After the successful surgery, she was left with an overwhelming feeling of gratitude.
‘I am humbly grateful for the ability to access healthcare, for the fact that my condition had a cure and for the support of my friends, family, industry peers and for my incredible man who has stuck by me the whole time,’ Emily wrote.
Former flames? Emily was briefly linked to Australian cricket legend Shane Warne in 2017