{"id":2035674,"date":"2025-09-19T23:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035674"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:04:15","slug":"bella-hadids-mother-pens-heartbreaking-letter-as-models-lyme-disease-symptoms-flare-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bella-hadids-mother-pens-heartbreaking-letter-as-models-lyme-disease-symptoms-flare-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella Hadid&#8217;s Mother Pens Heartbreaking Letter as Model&#8217;s Lyme Disease Symptoms Flare Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/bella-hadid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bella Hadid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Bella Hadid<\/a>&#8216;s mother, Yolanda Hadid, has written a heartbreaking letter to the supermodel, as she continues to struggle at the hands of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/lyme-disease\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lyme disease;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Lyme disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Thursday (September 18), Yolanda took to her Instagram to share a handful of photos of Bella in the hospital. &#8220;You are relentless and courageous,&#8221; she wrote alongside them. &#8220;No child is [sic] suppose to suffer in their body with an incurable chronic disease.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She continued: &#8220;I admire your bravery and your willingness to keep fighting for health despite the failing protocols and countless setbacks you have faced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yolanda also has Lyme disease, as does her son Anwar Hadid, writing that she tries &#8220;to lead by example on our Lyme journey but my own pain cannot compare to watching my baby suffer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what&#8217;s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Yolanda\u2019s note came a day after Bella shared since-deleted photos of herself in the hospital. &#8220;I\u2019m sorry I always go MIA. I love you guys,&#8221; Bella reportedly captioned the images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There simply aren\u2019t words big enough for the darkness, the pain, and the unknown hell you\u2019ve lived through since your diagnosis in 2013. You didn\u2019t really live, you learned how to exist inside the jail of your own paralyzed brain,&#8221; Yolanda continued, adding that Bella has been enduring treatments for a month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bella\u2019s older sister, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/gigi-hadid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gigi Hadid;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Gigi Hadid<\/a>, commented on her mother\u2019s post, writing: &#8220;I love you! I hope feel as strong and good as u deserve, soon!!!!!!&#8221; (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/18\/yolanda-posts-bella-hadid-hospitalized-lyme-disease\/?adid=social-tw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>TMZ<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lyme disease is transmitted through tick bites. Symptoms include joint pain, extreme fatigue, memory loss, heart palpitations, recurring skin rashes, and more. 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