Strictly's Ola and James Jordan reveal their daughter Ella, three, has been rushed to hospital for a second time – after being diagnosed with a heart murmur

Ola and James Jordan have revealed their daughter Ella is 'back in hospital' after being diagnosed with a heart murmur.

The former Strictly Come Dancing star's daughter was rushed to A&E in December and was later diagnosed with pneumonia and tonsillitis.

And in a new update on Sunday, James, 45, shared a photo of the toddler wrapped in a green blanket looking sad on her hospital bed.

He captioned the Instagram post: “Back at the hospital with my baby girl.”

Another image showed Ola, 41, giving her a big hug as they waited for further help.

In a video he told his followers: 'So we all had a really nice evening last night. We took Ella to the hospital because her cough was so bad. Maybe I'll post a video after this to show you how horrible it was.

“Anyway, we got to the hospital and they were absolutely amazing. The nurses were so kind to her again and the doctor was fantastic.

'Apparently she has croup. They gave her a steroid called Dexamethasone, which helped, but this morning she woke up again at nine o'clock – we didn't get home until 3:30 – and she woke up and was horrible again.

“We gave her some more that they gave us to take with us, but unfortunately it doesn't seem like we can recover it at the moment.”

It comes after Ola and James Jordan revealed their daughter Ella was diagnosed with a heart murmur as they shared a health update on the three-year-old.

In conversation with Hello! for the first time about her condition, the couple said it appears her illness before Christmas was related to her heart problem.

During the interview, the parents revealed that they had learned about Ella's heart condition a few years ago.

They explained how they were told she may have a small hole in her heart, but nothing could be done until she was “older and stronger.”

However, they also released a positive update, with James, 45, sharing that Ella is now “about 85 percent better.”

“Ella was first diagnosed with a heart murmur a few years ago,” Ola, 41, revealed to the outlet.

“Just before her second birthday, a doctor said, 'I'm not sure about her heart; there is a small hole that needs to be checked by another doctor. ''

James added: 'We were told that if she has a hole in her heart there is nothing they can do until she is older and stronger, so they suggested we wait.'

The family will know more at a follow-up appointment next month, but James said it would be a 'massive operation'.

But it seems the youngster is on the mend as James said that although her energy levels are low, she is getting better.

“I took her to an indoor play center the other day,” he said. “That's the first time she's done anything energetic since she had pneumonia, and she got six of them.”

'You can see that her energy is not completely back yet, but she is getting there.'

In December, James revealed that Ella, who turns four next month, was rushed to hospital when she developed an “extremely high fever” after initially being 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/Ibuprofen and take her home and it would run 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 respiratory infection and tonsillitis.

'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 respiratory infection and tonsillitis.”

Two days later the couple said they would likely miss the final of Strictly Come Dancing as Ella was still in hospital.

James, who appeared on the series as a professional between 2006 and 2013, wrote on Twitter: 'Hi guys, not sure if we'll get home in time to watch Strictly LIVE which is a shame but we're still in the hospital with Ella'.

He then explained how her condition was thankfully improving, saying: 'She's doing much better and slowly recovering, lots of daddy cuddles when we get home.'

Later, Ola, who also danced in the show between 2006 and 2015, took to Instagram to pay tribute to show finalists Ellie Leach, Layton Williams and Bobby Brazier.

Writing: 'Good luck to all the couples for the Strictly Final tonight. Here's a photo of me and Chris winning in 2009 (when Strictly was in black and white, feels like a lifetime ago).

“It was a magical feeling to know that you all voted for us and that we were the people's champions.”

She continued: 'That's what I love about Strictly – it's not always the best dancers who win, but the ones the audience fell in love with the most or made the most progress during the series.

“I'm so excited for them all and can't wait to catch up and check it out soon, Keep Dancing.”