Amy Schumer Finds Her Son Gene, 3, Became Hospitalized for RSV: ‘Hardest Week of My Lifestyles’

Amy Schumer’s 3-365 days-venerable son Gene used to be hospitalized for RSV amid the comedian’s internet internet hosting gig on Saturday Evening Live this week

Printed on November 6, 2022 02:04 PM

Amy Schumer, Chris Fischer, and their son.

Amy Schumer’s son Gene is on the mend after a bout with RSV.

In an Instagram put up on Sunday, the comedian and actress, 41, revealed that her son with husband Chris Fischer used to be hospitalized for RSV as she used to be juggling the tense time table of internet internet hosting Saturday Evening Live this week.

“This used to be the hardest week of my lifestyles,” Schumer wrote alongside a series of on the abet of-the-scenes photographs on the SNL dwelling. “I uncared for Thursday rehearsals when my son used to be rushed to the ER and admitted for RSV. Shout out to all of the oldsters going through this perfect now.”

Schumer then thanked the forged and crew of SNL for their flexibility as she managed her son’s illness on top of the tasks she had making ready to host the narrate. “I got to be with him the full day on the successfully being facility and the dazzling humans at @nbcsnl may perhaps presumably well presumably no longer were more supportive,” she said, adding that Gene is now “dwelling and better.”

RSV, or Respiratory Syncytial Virus, has been on the upward thrust in present weeks and is “infamous for inflicting wheezing and a ton of mucous in shrimp children,” in step with Dr. Elizabeth Murray, a pediatrician specializing in Pediatric Emergency Remedy and Child Smartly being Advocacy and a member of PEOPLE’s Smartly being Squad. There’s no longer any direct therapy for it, however subject comes when a baby’s “oxygen level drops,” she said.

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Amy Schumer with son Gene David.
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This weekend’s internet internet hosting gig marks the third time the Trainwreck actress has hosted the comedy sketch narrate since 2015. She final seemed precise through Kim Kardashian’s internet internet hosting sting in October 2021.

“The motive this narrate is so fun to create is no longer no doubt the performance or the narrate itself. It’s getting to utilize time with the folk there,” Schumer continued in her weekend Instagram put up.

She then gave a particular shoutout to her “favourite” other folks at SNL, calling out lots of contributors of the crew: “Donna. Jerry. Jodi. Genna. Tom Wally and on and on.”

Schumer concluded the put up with more appreciation for the enhance she received for her son, writing, “Thanks everyone there and to the scientific doctors and nurses who helped us.”

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In present months, Schumer has been struggling to navigate the time she’s spent a long way off from Gene and her husband while on a 65-date tour. “It’s brutal. It hurts,” she instructed PEOPLE final month of coping with the gap.

However, she said she would no longer “grief about him being seemed after” as he’s dwelling with Fischer, 42, who she married in 2018. “I correct plod over him. You correct wanna bodily be there. I no doubt create mediate it is more challenging for me than him.”