Greg Rutherford’s daughter Daphne, 3, was rushed to hospital with croup on Monday after she was struggling to breathe.
His fiancée Susie Verrill took to Instagram with the distressing news, but assured followers she is recovering well after taking steroids.
The Olympian, 37 – currently on a cruise around Greece and Turkey – also shares Milo, nine, Rex, six, with Susie, who updated followers on her daughter’s condition from the hospital bed.
Sharing a picture of her daughter in hospital, Susie wrote: ‘So glad I decided to bring her to hospital because she was NOT good.’
‘What a difference some steroids make,’ she added.
Susie said she felt guilty for not taking Daphne to the hospital sooner, explaining that she and Greg are ‘pretty experienced’ in dealing with croup- a respiratory problem common in young children.
She said: ‘Thanks for all your kind messages, I’ve got huge guilt for not taking her in sooner.
‘We’re pretty experienced …