NeNe Leakes' Son In Rehab For The Long Haul After Suffering Serious Medical Emergency

NeNe Leakes youngest sonsuffered a heart attack and a stroke. Now the 23-year-old has a long road to recovery.

Leakes shared with fans via Instagram Story that Brett Leakes is not he road to recovery and doing okay after suffering a heart attack and stroke earlier this week in Atlanta.

“Two weeks ago today, Brentt had congestive heart failure and stroke, he’s only 23, so he’s really young for something like that to happen to him.”

She went on to share that a number of tests were run on her son including a drug test and testing for alcohol in the system and he was clean on that part. Leakes knew this but docs wanted to rule out anything possible at all.

Tears began to well up in the reality star's eyes as she ran down some of the possibilities that could have made her young son have such a serious health scare including COVID-19, the delta variant is associated with heart attacks and strokes in young people.

Even after all the testing, “we are still trying to figure out,” she admits going on to share that knowing the cause is the important part for her and the doctors.

As a mother, Leakes is shaken at what happened to Brentt, it has only been a few years since she lost her husband, Brent’s father Gregg Leakes to an on-and-off battle with cancer.

The mom spilled some of her feelings to her followers. “It was very scary,” said Leakes, obviously holding back tears. “I don’t even want to go into details about what happened, how I found out, what condition he was in, and obviously a stroke is a very serious thing and he’s struggling,” she admits.

Specifically, NeNe mentions that Brentt’s speech has been impacted by the stroke, one of the more significant symptoms of a massive stroke. She continues to choke back tears while asking for her “thoughts and prayers”.

“This is a lot, right now, on me,” she admits. The reality star seems in disbelief that she is even in this situation. In fact, she admits, they are “just shocked”.

The reality star also took the moment to address those who are sending their good wishes and want to mail gifts and flowers to Brentt and her. “Please don’t,” she says. “Honestly, we’d prefer balloons,” and she will soon send something out through her people where her fans can donate and help organizations that deal with stuff like this.

She also went on to confirm that she will not be revealing where Brentt is but she did remind followers that “some years ago I had blood clots in my lungs and we couldn’t figure out where they came from.” Now the docs are thinking that Brentt “may have been born with something” that has caused this situation so early in life.

“We don’t know, this is just a lot for us right now and everything is very new," she reiterates. Leakes goes on to share that she can reveal more when she feels the need to do so. For now, she asks for prayers and well wishes for Brentt and her family.