RHOC star Jeana Keough’s tongue cancer has left her unable to speak

Real Housewives of Orange County star Jeana Keough is unable to speak amid her battle with tongue cancer, her daughter Kara Bosworth said Monday.

Bosworth, 37, took to Instagram Stories with an update on her mother, 70, who is dealing with side effects from the medical treatment she is undergoing amid the health battle.

‘Right now, Jeana isn’t talking,’ Bosworth said. ‘The tongue and throat pain, paired with the mucus from radiation on the area, is just brutal. Poor mama has to spit into tissues all day.’

Bosworth thanked the company Blow Tissues for sending tissues for Keough to use, adding, ‘She’s never needed a delivery more.’

Keough, a regular on the first five seasons of the popular Bravo series, is also mother to sons Shane, 39, and Colton, 34, with late ex-husband Matt Keough. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Keough for further comment on the story, but has not yet heard back.

Real Housewives of Orange County star Jeana Keough, 70, is unable to speak amid her battle with tongue cancer, her daughter Kara Bosworth, 37, said Monday 

Bosworth took to Instagram Stories with an update on her mother, who is dealing with side effects from the medical treatment she is undergoing amid the health battle 

Bosworth on July 19 detailed her mother’s health woes in a statement on a GoFundMe fundraiser, saying that Keough had complained about ‘a painful spot on her tongue’ for almost a year’s time.

RHOC star Jeana Keough suffers devastating health setback amid tongue cancer battle

‘A biopsy confirmed our worst fear: squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue,’ Bosworth said, adding that she underwent a pair of surgeries to remove the cancer and then her lymph nodes.

She said her mother has continued with a ‘relentless’ regimen of ‘chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy’ which has left her ‘exhausted’ and ‘malnourished’ due to related pain.

Bosworth said that each day ‘is a battle just to get enough nutrition and hydration to continue treatment.’

She noted that the ailment had left her mother ‘unable to work,’ as ‘the loss of income has created an enormous financial burden at the very time she needs to focus all of her energy on healing.’

In subsequent updates to the fundraising page, Bosworth said July 21 that her mother had experienced more complications, as she had been slated to be set up with a feeding tube known as a G-tube to help with nutrition as she had been unable to eat for two weeks.

Doctors had to pause their plans due to the discovery of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) blood clot in her leg which presented further danger, Bosworth said.

In a pair of updates Thursday, Bosworth said that her mother was cleared for surgery to receive a ‘PEG feeding tube placed so she can receive the nutrition her body desperately needs.

Bosworth on July 19 detailed her mother’s health woes in a statement on a GoFundMe fundraiser, saying that Keough had complained about ‘a painful spot on her tongue’ for almost a year’s time 

The Bravo star has undergone multiple surgical procedures this month amid her health battle

Keough, a regular on the first five seasons of the popular Bravo series, pictured in NYC in 2019

‘This will allow us to bypᴀss the painful swallowing and choking that happen every time she tries to eat or drink.’

Following the procedure, Bosworth said that her mother had been ‘recovering’ and ‘able to stay on track with her treatment despite the setbacks from the blood clot and infection.’

Bosworth said in a Friday update that her mother had been ‘finally feeling a little more like herself’ after she ‘gave her the full “spa treatment” at the hospital’ consisting of washing her hair with a shampoo cap and shaving her legs.

‘She’s still very weak, and her mobility is limited, but we’re hopeful that now that she’s finally able to get the nutrition her body desperately needs, she’ll begin to regain her strength,’ Bosworth said.

Bosworth thanked the people who have ‘checked in, prayed, donated, shared your own experiences as patients or caregivers, and lifted our family up.’

She added, ‘Every message, every prayer, and every act of kindness has meant more than you know. Your positivity is healing.’