'Teen Mom' Nikkole Paulun In Hospital For Medical Emergency

Nikkole Paulun of MTV’s Teen Mom spin-off 16 & Pregnant took to her Instagram Stories in the past 24 hours to share of a terrifying medical emergency that landed her in the hospital. Nikkole explained in her post she rushed off to the emergency room after the pain became more than she could handle. Has this MTV personality updated her 201K followers on what is wrong with her? Did she share specifically what was hurting? Keep reading for all the updates on this medical emergency.

Teen Mom Nikkole Paulun In Hospital For Medical Emergency

Nikkole Paulun took to Instagram and shared a photo of the IV she was hooked up to inside her hospital room. She explained she had been ignoring a pain in her ear for a while. The pain, however, became too much for her to deal with. Even with pain medication, she couldn’t sleep at night. So, she rushed herself to the hospital.

After getting to the hospital and getting looked at, her ear infection had gotten really bad. So bad that the infection had spread to the bones inside of her ear.

She concluded her update by noting she would be spending at least a day or two in the emergency room.

Nikkole Paulun has rushed to the hospital - Instagram Screenshot — Instagram

She Feels Grateful In New Update

Attached to a photo of herself resting in the hospital bed, Nikkole Paulun tells her followers she is “grateful” she got to the hospital when she did. Had she ignored the infection any longer, she was told it could have spread to her brain.

She proceeded to warn her followers never to ignore an ear infection. Nikkole affirmed she was taking antibiotics and doing all the right things. She just wasn’t getting any better. Sadly, she also had doctors telling her the extreme pain was normal. And, that she just needed to give the medication time to work.

Nikkole Paulun also told her followers she was grateful for her husband. She shared a video clip of him from their doorbell camera. Nikkole doted on her husband and admitted she was so lucky to have a man who could hold down the fort while she was recovering at the hospital.

In other updates, she shared that her husband even found time to bring her babies to the hospital so they could spend time with their mother.

Nikkole Paulun reassured her followers that despite this scary experience, she was feeling better already. She, however, will never ignore her body using pain to tell her something is wrong again.

Have you ever ignored an ear infection before? Did you know this could happen if an ear infection doesn’t recover? Share your thoughts in the comments. And, keep coming back for more Teen Mom news.