As long as Vicki Gunvalson has been on The Real Housewives of Orange County — since the beginning! — her daughter Briana Culberson has been a part of the show. That is until this year, season 13, because Briana and her family have moved to North Carolina. Now in a new interview, Vicki is opening up about the move and its effects on Briana’s health problems. She revealed that Briana almost had her leg amputated! Click through the gallery for all the details of this heartbreaking story, and how Briana and Vicki are doing now.
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Vicki, 56, appeared on
Bravo’s “The Daily Dish” podcast and spoke candidly about her relationship with her daughter, 31. Briana and husband
Ryan moved to North Carolina with their sons
Troy and
Owen last November.
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The RHOC star has visited three times since the move went down, and Briana is planning to visit California soon. But having her only daughter so far away has been difficult because of Briana's health.
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She continued, "She was super, super sick;
got a very, very bad infectious disease from the hospital. They almost amputated her leg ... she was extremely sick. Put her in City of Hope [National Medical Center] and she was there in isolation for a month. The viewers don't know but we can share it now ‘cause she survived it. But it was horrible.”
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“Now she's being treated for lupus out in University of North Carolina [Medical Center], which is actually where she works. She's an ER trauma nurse,” she explained. “They've got a great lupus center out there. So if God brought her out there to help her get through this, that was the good thing from it.”
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Have thoughts and prayers for Briana as she copes with her illness? Leave them in the comments!
Vicki, 56, appeared on
Bravo’s “The Daily Dish” podcast and spoke candidly about her relationship with her daughter, 31. Briana and husband
Ryan moved to North Carolina with their sons
Troy and
Owen last November.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
The RHOC star has visited three times since the move went down, and Briana is planning to visit California soon. But having her only daughter so far away has been difficult because of Briana's health.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Photo credit: INSTARImages
She continued, "She was super, super sick;
got a very, very bad infectious disease from the hospital. They almost amputated her leg ... she was extremely sick. Put her in City of Hope [National Medical Center] and she was there in isolation for a month. The viewers don't know but we can share it now ‘cause she survived it. But it was horrible.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“Now she's being treated for lupus out in University of North Carolina [Medical Center], which is actually where she works. She's an ER trauma nurse,” she explained. “They've got a great lupus center out there. So if God brought her out there to help her get through this, that was the good thing from it.”
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Have thoughts and prayers for Briana as she copes with her illness? Leave them in the comments!
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