MAFS' KC Osborne shares update on jockey fiancé Blake Spriggs' condition in hospital after horror fall
Married At First Sight's KC Osborne has shared an update on her jockey fiancé Blake Spriggs' condition following a horror fall.
Spriggs, 32, and fellow jockey Beany Panya were airlifted to hospital after they were dislodged from their horses during a race at Moruya, NSW on January 17.
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Following the incident last Friday, Spriggs and Panya were each admitted to ICU at Canberra Hospital. Panya reportedly broke her back in two places while Spriggs suffered head, chest and internal injuries and was intubated and initially placed in an induced coma that he has since come out of.
On January 21, Osborne shared a huge thanks to her 189,000 Instagram followers for all their messages of support.
KC Osborne and fiancé Blake Spriggs. Instagram @kcosborne_
"As far as updates, we are just trying to manage his pain at the moment before we move forward to the next steps!" she wrote.
"He is responsive, he just needs time to rest right now," she added , promising further updates in coming days.
"Prayers, love and healing is what we need while he is recovering."
She also re-shared a 2022 post of the pair singing in the car together, which was captioned, "My best moments are with you @blakespriggs".
KC has been keeping her followers updated via Instagram. Instagram @kcosborne_
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On Wednesday January 22, Racing NSW shared an update on both jockeys' conditions.
"Beany Panya is awaiting a CT scan of her clavicle to determine if she has also sustained a shoulder injury," the post read.
"Blake Spriggs is still intubated at this stage and is stable in ICU."
In a video shared over the weekend following the incident, Osborne had asked her followers to keep the jockeys in their prayers.
"I believe in the power of prayer, I really do," she shared.
The couple are parents to two-year-old son, Brooklyn. Instagram
"It was a real moment when I asked [Spriggs] if he could squeeze my hand if he knew who I was and he opened his eyes and he nodded, so he's responsive and he's making progress," she explained.
On Saturday, his brother Dustin also shared a positive update on X.
"He came out of an induced coma this morning. He was responsive, knew who all his loved ones were and is fighting hard," Dustin wrote.
KC and Blake announced their engagement in August 2022. Instagram
"He has a lot of internal bleeding from a punctured lung, which they're getting on top of. He is still heavily sedated whilst they are working on broken ribs and collarbone.
"A lot of work to go but we are over the moon about news the last 12 hours as he was in a bad way when he arrived at the hospital."
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Osborne, who appeared on Season 7 of MAFS, and Spriggs began dating in January 2022 and announced their engagement in August.
They welcomed their first child together, Brooklyn Harmon Spriggs, in October 2022.
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