Sophie Kasaei breaks down in tears as she says Jordan Brook ‘isn’t the same’ after meningitis battle

SOPHIE Kasaei has broken down in tears as she said Jordan Brook ‘isn’t the same’ after his meningitis battle. Jordan faced a terrifying battle to survive for his unborn child – as the virus attacked his brain, leaving him unable to speak or walk. Sophie Kasaei breaks down in tears as she says Jordan Brook ‘isn’t the same’ after meningitis battle Credit: ITV Sophie explained he has scars on his brain and mood swings Credit: ITV Jordan and Sophie returned to TOWIE tonight and speaking with her friends Sophie said: “We were going to the Maldives. “I had maternity shoots, 3D scans, we were doing the room up, we were in the biggest bubble. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! “So I went to the hospital days later and looked at him on the bed and he couldn’t even look me in the eyes. He was just like asleep.” She added: “He was non-verbal cos his brain was swelling at such a rapid rate so it was putting pressure on the brain and on his skull.” The couple returned to TOWIE tonight Jordan faced a terrifying battle to survive for his unborn child – as the virus attacked his brain, leaving him unable to speak or walk Credit: ITV She explained she just sat there beside him from 9am until 10pm at night because she just wanted to be with him. Sophie, who was still pregnant at the time of filming, broke down into tears as she explained: “I just wanted to be in his presence.” She explained she just prayed all the time that he would come back to her as her friends told her he had now. A teary Sophie explained: “But it’s not the same. He’s not the same. “He’s got scarring on his brain. The front part of his brain is scarred and his moods will be like really up and down. “And he’ll be really emotional and he’ll get quite forgetful and he’s obviously got like a limp now so he can’t really do much.” She added: “I don’t think we would have got through it without this little boy inside. I think that’s what kept him strong.” Meanwhile, Jordan explained to his mates that he was full of self-doubt as a person but that he had to remind himself that it was part of his recovery. He said: “I’m worried I’m not going to be strong enough for my boy.” Jordan was sent home from A&E wrongly diagnosed with a migraine and was later blue-lighted to hospital at death’s door with meningitis. Sophie stayed by his bedside in hospital and they would talk about their unborn child they call their “miracle baby” after a gruelling two-year IVF struggle to conceive. Jordan says this fuelled his fight for survival as he battled the top one per cent of worst cases of viral meningitis and encephalitis that his doctor had ever seen. At the time, the harrowing ordeal left Jordan unable to walk and forced to use a wheelchair, as well as “acute memory loss”. Jordan was discharged from hospital after a 22-day stay, but he is still recovering. Since filming, Sophie has given birth to their first child, a baby boy, they named Brody Jordan Daryll Brook. Comment now