Victoria Bye, the wife of EastEnders star James Bye, has opened up about a terrifying situation that saw their son rushed to hospital.
Victoria and James have four children together called Edward, Louis, Hugo and Rufus. Over the weekend, Victoria took to her Instagram page Life With The Byes to reveal Rufus, who is 2, was rushed to hospital last week after eating a toxic but common plant found in UK gardens.
She wrote: ‘More of a public service announcement than a post really but as we all know, life with kids is anything but predictable. So, after spending the night in hospital (I swear they’ll start charging us rent soon) after Rufus decided to snack on a plant in the garden — one I didn’t even know was dangerous. All hell let loose. (full video in next post – wouldn’t let me post here).’
Victoria went on to reveal that within minutes of Rufus ingesting the plant, his ‘tongue had started to swell’, he was ‘screaming’ and they quickly had to call 999.
She added: ‘Thankfully he’s absolutely fine now. But it turned out the culprit was Italian Arum, a really common plant with bright orange berries that looks innocent but is seriously toxic if ingested.
‘I mean, I had no idea. And once I started looking into it… turns out there are loads of plants like that quietly minding their own (deadly) business in UK gardens.
‘So, in true mum fashion, I made a list. For anyone else who didn’t know either. Because no one needs that kind of adrenaline on a Tuesday afternoon.’
Victoria’s list features plants including Foxglove, Yew and Lily of the Valley. The list is incredibly helpful, as she’s also notes the specific parts of the plants – such as bulbs or small flowers – that are the most toxic to humans.
Victoria’s husband James Bye left his role as Martin Fowler in EastEnders earlier this year.!
Martin died in the show’s live episode in February. As part of the anniversary, the Queen Vic exploded, putting multiple lives in danger.
Martin became trapped under a beam and had to wait for the emergency services to remove it and free him.
However, due to how long Martin was stuck, as the beam got removed, he suffered crush syndrome, which killed him.
