Irish country music star in health update on daughter amid 'scary days' in hospital

Irish country music star Lisa McHugh has shared a health update on her baby daughter after 'ten scary days' in hospital.

The singer was forced to cancel a number of shows in recent weeks after her daughter Hallie contracted RSV and was very unwell in hospital. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that causes respiratory infection in children and adults.

The risk of severe infection is highest in the youngest infants, especially those born during the RSV season in winter.

Lisa had shared an update with her followers on social media when little Hallie was in hospital. She said: "When I became a first-time mum I always had a fear of RSV & Bronchiolitis.

"I was very conscious of the environment Milo [Lisa's first child] was ever in or around, but also as a first time mum, you sometimes can’t help but have the feeling that you’re over reacting or being over paranoid whether you just battle that internal voice or you’re made to feel that way by others.

ABOVE: Lisa and baby Hallie

"I know I chose to avoid situations as much as I could that I wasn’t comfortable having Milo around, instead of just being upfront and saying the real reason! I don’t want to have my child or around people who “just have a sniffle or head cold” or who are “over the worst of it” because it definitely wont be that way for a baby. Milo was one of the lucky ones who didn’t catch RSV.

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"But sometimes no matter how hard you try, it unfortunately just happens and that’s the case for poor Hallie. She’s had the toughest and most heartbreaking few days in hospital. I can’t describe how horrendous it has been to watch her so weak and in so much pain and being unable to take that pain away."

In recent days, however, Lisa shared a positive update on Hallie. She wrote: "We are so grateful to have Hallie home and well again after a long and scary ten days in hospital. Her big brother missed her so much.

"We can't thank all of you enough for your kind messages and prayers over the last couple of weeks. Lots of family time now is what life will consist of," she added.