{"id":220452,"date":"2025-12-31T20:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220452\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T20:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:04:09","slug":"virginia-macari-smurfits-honest-post-as-tough-year-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220452\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia\u00a0Macari-Smurfit’s honest post as ‘tough year’ ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia\u00a0Macari-Smurfit\u00a0has shared an honest update after having a ‘tough year’ in 2025 as she recovered from major surgery.<\/p>\n

The Dublin Wives star considers herself lucky to be alive after suffering a rare medical emergency and having to undergo life-saving surgery on her spine<\/a> in early 2025 – but it left her paralysed in one leg.<\/p>\n

Her health woes began in October 2024, when the reality star suffered a terrifying ordeal that saw her rushed to the hospital when she collapsed in agonising pain while working out at home.<\/p>\n

\"VirginiaVirginia Macari marks her one year wedding anniversary. Pic: Virginia Macari Instagram<\/p>\n

It turns out Virginia had a rare condition called Conus AVM, where a cluster of blood vessels forms on or near the spine, causing irregular connections between the arteries and veins that can cause permanent damage to the spinal cord.<\/p>\n

She spent most of 2025 recovering from the condition, and at the end of the year, Virginia reflected on her journey in a post where she praised her husband, Peter Smurfit, whom she married in April 2024<\/a>, and her son Thor for looking after her during her recovery.<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Pic: Virginia Macari-Smurfit\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Virginia\u00a0shared gorgeous pics of their life in Miami, Florida, as she said: ‘It’s been a tough year, and my body was tested in ways I never imagined. <\/p>\n

‘But with these two beautiful souls by my side, we found our way through.<\/p>\n

‘Wishing you all a beautiful and blessed New Year. May love, health, and happiness find you wherever you are. Love to all.’<\/p>\n

\"Pic:Virginia praised her husband, Peter Smurfit for his care. Pic: Virginia Macari-Smurfit\/Instagram<\/p>\n

When her businessman husband, Peter, first rushed her to the hospital, Virginia revealed that it was by sheer chance that he took her to a hospital that specialises in treating AVM, and even luckier that she survived the blood leak.<\/p>\n

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Virginia was told by doctors that she was lucky to be alive, saying: ‘The doctors immediately told us that it is a miracle that I am alive. I could have died instantly when the AVM burst.’<\/p>\n

She underwent major surgery on her spine in February, which was considered a success as surgeons had to remove part of her spine to fix the tangled veins wrapped around her spinal cord.<\/p>\n

\"VirginiaVirginia Macari recovering from surgery. Pic: Virginia Macari Instagram <\/p>\n

However, she suffered side effects after the surgery as it left her paralysed in her left leg, and she had to start rehab and learn how to walk again.<\/a><\/p>\n

It certainly has been a challenging year for Victoria. Let’s hope 2026 is full of health and happiness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virginia\u00a0Macari-Smurfit\u00a0has shared an honest update after having a ‘tough year’ in 2025 as she recovered from major surgery.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-220452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}