James and Ola Jordan reveal they rushed daughter Ella, 3, to A&E after she developed an ‘extremely high fever’ and is now ‘very ill’ in hospital

James and Ola Jordan have revealed they rushed their three-year-old daughter Ella to A&E after she developed an ‘extremely high fever’.

Former Strictly Come Dancing star James, 45, told how the couple were initially told by a doctor that their daughter had a simple viral infection.

They felt the problem was more serious, but followed the doctor’s advice to continue giving her Ibuprofen.

However, Ella’s condition did not improve over the next two days and so they took her back to A&E where they were met by ‘caring’ nurses and an ‘attentive’ doctor.

James shared several photos of Ella in hospital and wrote: ‘My little warrior!! We are still at Pembury Hospital but she has finally turned the corner after 5 days and long nights of battling an extremely high fever.

‘It started on Monday but on Wednesday night it got quite bad and the temperature was 40+ so they took her to A and E around midnight where a doctor had a quick look at her and said it was a viral infection and told us we had to continue with Calpol/Ibrofen and take her home and it would take its course.

‘I’ve tried to say it looks more like a respiratory infection than a viral infection, but I’m not the expert. He also told us it wasn’t because he listened to her breast.

‘After we got her home, we kept a log of every time we gave her alternating Calpol and then Ibuprofen (2 hours apart). After two more horrible nights where her temperature stayed around 39 – 40 and she vomited several times in her sleep.”

After returning to the emergency room, James and Ola discovered that Ella was actually suffering from a chest infection and tonsils.

‘And even though we felt like we might be wasting the doctors and nurses’ time and looking like overprotective parents, we decided to take her back to A and E.

‘GOOD!! What a completely different experience – we were met by caring and fun nurses who were 100% attentive and by a doctor who was so thorough and left nothing to chance.

‘Ella clearly didn’t look well and was sent straight to the X-ray department – and had blood drawn almost immediately by a totally amazing team of nurses who I thank so much.

‘The results came back because she had a chest infection and tonsillitis.

‘They have now had to put her on a drip for antibiotics, because she has been ill for so long and is now very ill.’

James told his followers to “trust their gut” when their children are sick and he knew something more serious than a viral infection was going on.

He wrote, “Anyway, the moral of the story is: go with your gut parents. We knew it was something more serious. I’m just mad at myself for not pushing harder.

“But honestly, I didn’t want to be ad**k to them. It’s just a shame that sometimes you have to do that because of the incompetence of some people.

“On the other hand, today we experienced the other side of the spectrum through the sheer brilliance of an amazing team of people.

‘This post would be like a lead balloon for me to even dare to say anything negative about the NHS. But I will do anything for my little girl.”

The Strictly Come Dancing Professionals, who have been married since 2003, welcomed Ella in February 2020 after a round of IVF.

The couple earlier revealed how the toddler asked for a baby brother or sister.

Speak with OK! magazine on the red carpet of Friday night’s Together for Short Lives ball, the couple admitted that things are difficult for them.

James said: “We would love to, but it’s not that easy for us. We would love it if she had a brother or sister. She talks about it all the time!’

Ola added: “She is so talkative, she just turned three on Monday. Now that she’s three, she’s quite excited, she knows very well what’s going on.’

Speak with The sun about her daughter and the IVF process, Ola said: ‘We are very lucky that it happened to us on the first try, and we are extremely blessed to have Ella, she has such a little character.’

The dancing mum, who starred in the BBC show from 2006 to 2015, has made it clear she would not rule out IVF treatment again if the need arises.

Appearing on GB News last September, she said: ‘I would like to have more children if it happens naturally. If not, I’ll go for another IVF, yes.’

The Polish-born dancer further opened up about her struggle to conceive naturally, saying, “It’s really hard because you don’t know who to turn to.

‘Most of my friends got pregnant so easily. I didn’t understand why I wasn’t getting pregnant. I was healthy, fit, I was a professional dancer.”